- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderCarcharhiniformes
- ›familyTriakidae
- ›genusScylliogaleus
Flapnose Houndshark
Scylliogaleus quecketti Boulenger, 1902
Also calledCação-de-KwaZulu-Natal (por) · Cação-de-Natal (por) · Nasenlappen-Hundshai (deu) · huulikoirahai (fin) · psohlav natalský (ces) · Вислоносая акула (rus) · タレハナドチザメ (jpn)
First described in: Boulenger, George A. 1902. Description of a new South-African galeid selachian. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 7 10: 51-52.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: This species has a very restricted nearshore coastal distribution.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
discussion
Remarks: This species has a very restricted nearshore coastal distribution. Conservation status: VU (2019).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
distribution
South African distribution: Endemic. Known only from East London (EC) to Richards Bay (KZN).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6096 [ex ORI 2096], SAIAB 6097 [ex ORI 1121], SAIAB 6109 [ex ORI 2096], SAIAB 6110 [ex ORI 2587], SAIAB 6213 [ex ORI 754], SAIAB 6214 [ex ORI 2586], SAIAB 6227, SAIAB 6978 [ex ORI 2074], SAIAB 6979 [ex ORI 2096], SAIAB 6980 [ex ORI 1121], SAIAB 12822, SAIAB 12977, SAIAB 14915, SAIAB 16308, SAIAB 19430, SAIAB 99204, SAIAB 99205.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418386.