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Chlamydoselachus africana
Ebert & Compagno, 2009
Classification: Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Chlamydoselachidae
Reference of the original description
Chlamydoselachus africana, a new species of frilled shark from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes, Hexanchiformes, Chlamydoselachidae). Zootaxa, 2173, 1–18
Chlamydoselachus africana, a new species of frilled shark from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes, Hexanchiformes, Chlamydoselachidae). Zootaxa, 2173, 1–18
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Types
Chlamydoselachus africana
Holotype: SAM: 31028; Paratype: RUSI: 2424; RUSI: 2423; SAM: 36076; USNM: 203466;
Chlamydoselachus africana
Holotype: SAM: 31028; Paratype: RUSI: 2424; RUSI: 2423; SAM: 36076; USNM: 203466;
Description :
Citation: Chlamydoselachus africana Ebert & Compagno, 2009: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2025
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Chlamydoselachus africana, Ebert & Compagno, 2009, male, 109,9 cm TL, 24 Sep 2023, Bottom trawl, Northern Namibia (- 18.91388889;11.49444444 to - 18.81666667 to 19.30555556) © Ruth H. Leeney/ Namibia's Rays and Sharks
Chlamydoselachus africana, Ebert & Compagno, 2009, male, 109,9 cm TL, 24 Sep 2023, Bottom trawl, Northern Namibia (- 18.91388889;11.49444444 to - 18.81666667 to 19.30555556) © Ruth H. Leeney/ Namibia's Rays and Sharks
Short Description
An external morphologically similar looking, smaller-sized Chlamydoselachus (to at least 1170 mm TL) with a proportionally long head length 17.3–17.9% TL, prepectoral length 15.1–17.7% TL, predorsal fin length 62.6–64.5% TL, head height 6.2–8.6% TL and width 6.6–8.9% TL, broad interorbital width (5.7–6.4% TL) and internarial width (3.9–4.8% TL), mouth broad (6.0–8.1% TL), gill openings long, analcaudal fin space (0.2–1.3% TL), pectoral fin length (8.8–9.6% TL), pelvic fin length (11.6–15.4% TL), meannumber of upper tooth rows (x = 28.8), pectoral mesopterygial radial counts (7), metapterygial radial counts (8), anal fin radials (30), total vertebral counts (147), MP vertebral count (18), DP count (76), DC count (52), MP/DP transition just posterior to the pelvic fins, spiral intestinal valve counts 26–28 (Ref. 81930).
An external morphologically similar looking, smaller-sized Chlamydoselachus (to at least 1170 mm TL) with a proportionally long head length 17.3–17.9% TL, prepectoral length 15.1–17.7% TL, predorsal fin length 62.6–64.5% TL, head height 6.2–8.6% TL and width 6.6–8.9% TL, broad interorbital width (5.7–6.4% TL) and internarial width (3.9–4.8% TL), mouth broad (6.0–8.1% TL), gill openings long, analcaudal fin space (0.2–1.3% TL), pectoral fin length (8.8–9.6% TL), pelvic fin length (11.6–15.4% TL), meannumber of upper tooth rows (x = 28.8), pectoral mesopterygial radial counts (7), metapterygial radial counts (8), anal fin radials (30), total vertebral counts (147), MP vertebral count (18), DP count (76), DC count (52), MP/DP transition just posterior to the pelvic fins, spiral intestinal valve counts 26–28 (Ref. 81930).
Biology
Tropical; 12°S - 27°S, 13°E - 16°E
Tropical; 12°S - 27°S, 13°E - 16°E
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=8218;
shark-references Species-ID=8218;
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