Notorynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807)

Broadnose Sevengill Shark

Squalus cepedianus Péron, 1807: 337 . Holotype: unknown. Type locality: Adventure Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

Local synonymy: Heptanchus indicus: Bleeker, 1860b: 58 (listed Cape seas). Notidanus indicus: G̹nther, 1870: 399; Gilchrist, 1902: 165. Heptranchias haswelli: Ogilby, 1897: 62 (original description based on jaws possibly from Cape of Good Hope, but Ogilby questioned the accuracy of this location). Heptranchias indicus: Thompson, 1914: 134 . Heptranchias pectorosus: Barnard, 1925: 21, fig. 1, pl. 1; Smith, 1949a: 39. Notorynchus platycephalus: Fowler, 1925: 188 . Heptranchias cepedianus: Smith, 1949a: 38, fig. 2. Notorynchus pectorosus: Smith [M.M.], 1975: 10. Notorynchus cepedianus: Bass et al., 1975d: 14, fig. 8; Compagno, 1984a: 22, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 47, fig. 2.4; Compagno et al., 1989: 18, pl.; Ebert, 1990: 60, fig. 3.13; Ebert, 1991a: 455; Ebert, 1991b: 565; Ebert, 1996: 93; Compagno, 1999: 114; Ebert, 2002b: 517; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 52, fig.; Compagno et al., 2005: 68, fig., pl. 1; Barnett et al., 2012: 967; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 70, fig., pl. 1; Mann, 2013: 86; NPOA, 2013: 36; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Compagno, 2016: 1151; Weigmann, 2016: 888.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 1503, SAIAB 1504, SAIAB 4679, SAIAB 7653, SAIAB 10691, SAIAB 12831, SAIAB 19378, SAIAB 44245, SAIAB 46924.

South Africa distribution: The Orange River (NC) to East London (EC).

Remarks: This species is most common along the south coast and WC, but seasonally may range to at least East London (EC).

Conservation status: VU (2020).