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  1. Redescription of <em>Hydrolagus africanus</em> (Gilchrist, 1922) (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), with a review of southern African chimaeroids and a key to their identification<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN0001"/>

    Redescription of Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), with a review of southern African chimaeroids and a key to their identification

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: KA Walovich --- Pacific Shark Research Center, USA DA Ebert --- Pacific Shark Research Center, USA DJ Long --- Department of Ichthyology, USA DA Didier --- Department of Biological Sciences, USA
    Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) is a little‑known chimaeroid species, originally described from the KwaZulu‑ Natal coast of South Africa, with a range spanning the western Indian Ocean from Kenya, south to Mozambique and South Africa, and extending into the south‑eastern...
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  2. All washed up: spatial and temporal variation in the wash-up and fate of chondrichthyan egg cases along a section of the Garden Route, South Africa

    All washed up: spatial and temporal variation in the wash-up and fate of chondrichthyan egg cases along a section of the Garden Route, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Schmöle --- , The Netherlands M Brown --- , South Africa M Witteveen --- , South Africa
    Washed-up chondrichthyan egg cases were collected along three different sandy beaches around Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, between April 2016 and March 2017. GPS location was recorded upon collection, and, after being soaked in fresh water for 12 hours, egg cases...
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  3. Predation on the St Joseph <em>Callorhinchus capensis</em> by Cape fur seals <em>Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus</em> in Namibia

    Predation on the St Joseph Callorhinchus capensis by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in Namibia

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RH Leeney --- Namibia Nature Foundation, Namibia N Dreyer --- Ocean Conservation Namibia, Namibia
    Chondrichthyans form an important part of marine food webs as top predators and mesopredators. However, little is known about chondrichthyans in Namibian waters and the roles they play in ecosystem function. During efforts to disentangle Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus...
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