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   Etmopterus alphus n. sp.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the south-western Indian Ocean

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: DA Ebert --- Pacific Shark Research Center, USA N Straube --- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Germany RW Leslie --- Branch: Fisheries Management, South Africa S Weigmann --- University of Hamburg, Germany

   A new species of lanternshark, Etmopterus alphus (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae), is described from the south-western Indian Ocean. The new species resembles other members of the ‘Etmopterus lucifer’ clade in having linear rows of dermal denticles and most closely resembles E. molleri...

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   Distribution and site fidelity of four endemic catshark species in Walker Bay, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TL Johnson --- , South Africa JC de Bresser --- , South Africa E Cottrant --- , South Africa NJ Drobniewska --- , South Africa TG Paulet --- , South Africa LG Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South Africa

   Catsharks (family Scyliorhinidae) and the recently reclassified deepwater catsharks (family Pentanchidae) are two of the largest families of elasmobranchs and include species that function as important mesopredators in almost all marine ecosystems. This study focuses on four species endemic to...

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