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Poroderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 93

publication ID

 https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001

DOI

 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12710559

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scientific name

 Poroderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789)
status

 

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Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 101 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 0-100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: according to Catalog of Fishes ( Fricke et al., 2020a), “Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian ocean: Gabon; South Africa (Algoa Bay to East London), Madagascar, Mauritius (Mascarenes)” ( Fricke et al., 2020a) but seems to be endemic to South Africa.

FRICKE R., ESCHMEYER W. N. & VAN DER LAAN R (eds), 2020 a. - Eschmeyer's Catalog Of Fishes: Genera, Species, References (http: // researcharchive. calacademy. org / research / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatmain. asp). Electronic version accessed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Scyliorhinidae

Genus

Poroderma

Specimens