| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CHONDRICHTHYES | CARCHARHINIFORMES | SCYLIORHINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Apristurus saldanha | |||||||||
| Species Authority | (Barnard, 1925) | |||||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Scylliorhinus saldanha
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2004 |
| Assessor/s | Ebert, D.A. |
| Evaluator/s: | Cavanagh, R.D., Kyne, P.M. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: This poorly known, southern African endemic catshark is recorded from the continental slopes of South Africa and Namibia. It is occasionally caught in deepsea exploratory trawls below 700 m, but has been recorded at depths of 344 to 1,009 m. Future expansion of deepwater fisheries could pose a threat to this species, however, at present much of its range is below the depth of current fishing activities and it is considered to be Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | Southeast Atlantic Ocean: Namibia and South Africa (Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Namibia; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province)
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic – southeast
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| Population: | Nothing is known about its population size. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | A catshark of the continental slopes of Namibia and South Africa recorded at depths of 344 to 1,009 m. Oviparous but virtually nothing known of its biology. Maximum size is 88.5 cm total length (TL) (males: mature at 74 cm TL); 77.3 cm TL (females: mature at 70 cm TL). |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Major Threat(s): | Probably taken as incidental bycatch and discarded in the deepwater hake (Merluccius paradoxus) bottom trawl fishery off South Africa. |
| Conservation Actions: | None in effect and none proposed at this time. |
| Citation: | Ebert, D.A. 2004. Apristurus saldanha. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2008. |
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