Pristiophorus nancyae Ebert and Cailliet

Weigmann, Simon, Gon, Ofer, Leeney, Ruth H., Barrowclift, Ellen, Berggren, Per, Jiddawi, Narriman & Temple, Andrew J., 2020, Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan, PLOS ONE 15 (3), pp. 1-56 : 3

Pristiophorus nancyae Ebert and Cailliet

(23 specimens). Holotype ( SAM 34013 / MB-F034013 ): adult male, 616 mm TL, RV 'Algoa', Mozambique Scad Survey, Station C00840 014 037 3074 (Mozambique Channel: 22º07'S 35º45'E), collected on 19 June 1994 with bottom trawl, 500 m depth (photographs only) . Paratype ( SAM 33477/ MB-F 033477): subadult male, 440 mm TL, same data as holotype (photographs only). Paratype ( SAM 33502/ MB-F 033502): subadult female, 573 mm TL, RV 'Algoa', Mozambique Scad Survey, Station C00848 014 045 3179 (off South Mozambique: 25º21'S 34º30'E), collected on 21 June 1994 with bottom trawl, 286 m depth (photographs only). Five paratypes ( SAM 33511/ MB-F 033511): two juvenile males (314 and 358 mm TL), one juvenile female (391 mm TL), two adult females (522 and 550 mm TL), RV 'Algoa', Mozambique Scad Survey, Station C00841 014 038 3118 ( Mozambique Channel: 23º32'S 35º51'E), collected on 20 June 1994 with bottom trawl, 490 m depth (photographs only). DMM I-E/3460: two juvenile females, 268 mm TL and 361 mm TL, RV 'Ernst Haeckel', off Mozambique, 24º13'S 35º42'E, 30 October 1988, 450 m depth. DMM I-E/ 4506: adult female, 640 mm TL, RV 'Ernst Haeckel' Cruise 51, Haul 89/80, off Mozambique, 23º56'S 35º48'E, 15 June 1980 (photographs only). DMM I-E/4817: juvenile male, 351 mm TL, RV 'Ernst Haeckel' Cruise 51, Haul 567/80, off Mozambique, 23º56'S 35º48'E, 21 September 1980. DMM I-E/4872: adult male, 555 mm TL, off Mozambique, February to March 1983. DMM I-E/4902: adult female, 700 mm TL, off Mozambique, February to March 1983. ZMH 25963: adult male, 581 mm TL fresh, 578 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, RV 'Vityaz' Cruise 17, Station 2560 (off Socotra Islands: 12º16'6”N 53º08'2”E–12º14'7”N 53º06'2”E), collected on 27 October 1988 with 29 m shrimp trawl, trawl no. 2, on the bottom for 45 min, 375–380 m depth. ZMH 25964: adult male, 547 mm TL fresh, 540 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, same data as ZMH 25963. ZMH 25965: adult male, 563 mm TL fresh, 558 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, same data as ZMH 25963. ZMH 25966: juvenile male, 334 mm TL fresh, 328 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, same data as ZMH 25963. ZMH 25967: juvenile female, 327 mm TL fresh, 324 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, same data as ZMH 25963. ZMH 25968: adult female, 574 mm TL fresh, 568 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, RV 'Vityaz' Cruise 17, Station 2631 (off South Mozambique: 25º30'4”S 35º08'2”E–25º34'2”S 35º01'5”E), collected on 23 November 1988 with 29 m shrimp trawl, trawl no. 28, on the bottom for 78 min, 500–570 m depth. ZMH 25969: juvenile female, 283 mm TL fresh, 275 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, RV 'Vityaz' Cruise 17, Station 2830 (off Socotra Islands: 12º14'8”N 53º06'2”E–12º17'8”N 53º 08'9”E), collected on 16 January 1989 with 29 m shrimp trawl, trawl no. 101, on the bottom for 80 min, 395–420 m depth. ZMH 25970: juvenile female, 374 mm TL fresh, 367 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, same data as ZMH 25969. ZMMU P 14847: adult female, 621 mm TL, RV 'Prof. Mesyatsev' Cruise 5, Station 10 (off Kenya: 02º59'5”S 40º30'E), collected by A.D. Druzhinin on 22 December 1975, 287– 300 m depth.