Rediscovery and description of the quagga shark, Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the southwest coast of India

K.V. AKHILESH ¹C.P.R. SHAMS ²B.A. HUMAN ³U. GANGA ¹K.K. BINEESH¹

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作者信息

1. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603. Cochin-682 018, Kerala. India
2. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603. Cochin-682 018,Kerala. India
3. Research Associate, Department of Aquatic Zoology, Westem Australian Museum, Locked bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth WA 6986, Australia
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Abstract

The Quagga shark Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) is one of the poorest known scyliorhinid (Carcharhiniformes) sharks of the world, described from a single specimen collected from the Arabian Sea coast of India (off Malabar). Since its description, the only other published reports of this species are of specimens from Somalia. This paper reports on H. quagga from Indian waters, more than 100 years after its description, and only the third report of specimens of this species globally. A re-descriptionof H. quagga is also provided based on the recent Indian specimens.

Key words

Rediscovery/Halaelurus quagga/Scyliorhinidae/Carcharhiniformes/Arabian Sea/India

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出版年

2011

Zootaxa

SCI

ISSN：1175-5326

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