II: SCYLIORHINIDAE (CATSHARKS)
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11.9 Haploblepharus fuscus: 43 em immature male (E. Cape). T & d as in 2.1 .
Oviparous; 2 egg-cases at a time , becoming free-swimming at about 10 cm; mature at 40-50 cm; attains 60 cm.
Specimens from the southwestern Cape may be somewhat
smaller than those from Algoa Bay. Rare or absent on our
west coast, but common in shallow inshore waters of False
Bay and eastwards. Rarely taken from shore in the eastern
Cape, but often trawled in 40 - 130 m. Two specimens, possibly a new species, taken in shallow water on northern
Natal coast.
11.9 Haploblepharus fuscus
Smith,1950
PLATE 3
Brown shyshark
Bruin skaamoog
Haploblepharus edwardsii (non Cuvier): Smith, SFSA No. 39*. Haploblepharus fuscus Smith, 1950: 883 , Fig. 2 (East London , Knysna) ; Smith ,
1953: No. 39*; Smith & Smith , 1966: 27* ; Bass et aI., 1975: 19* ; Springer,
1979: 89*.
Like other species in this genus, H. fuscus rolls into a
circle when caught, covering the head and especially the
eyes with the tail, thus giving rise to the common name of
"shysharks". Nothing is known of reproduction in H. fus'
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11.10 Haploblepharus pictus: 56 em mature male (Saldanha Bay) . T & d as in 2.1 .
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cus. Matures at about 50-60 cm; attains 69 cm. Recorded
from southern Natal to Bredasdorp in the southern Cape; in
shallow water amongst rocks.
11.10 Haploblepharus pictus
(MOiler & Henle, 1838)
Dark shyshark
Donker skaamoog
Scyllium pictum Miiller & Henle, 1838: 4 (Cape of Good Hope).
Haploblepharus pictus: Bass et aI. , 1975: 21*; Springer, 1979: 91*.
Oviparous; 2 egg-cases at a time , hatching at about 11 cm;
mature at about 40 cm; attains about 60 cm . Shallow waters
of western Cape and Namibian coasts, also found in False
Bay.
Genus Holohalaelurus Fowler, 1933
Only 2 species of small, rather flattened catsharks with
broad heads; they have a patch of naked skin around the gill
slits and are exceptional in that males grow to a greater size
than females.
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11.9 Haploblepharus fuscus: 43 em immature male (E. Cape). T & d as in 2.1 .
Oviparous; 2 egg-cases at a time , becoming free-swimming at about 10 cm; mature at 40-50 cm; attains 60 cm.
Specimens from the southwestern Cape may be somewhat
smaller than those from Algoa Bay. Rare or absent on our
west coast, but common in shallow inshore waters of False
Bay and eastwards. Rarely taken from shore in the eastern
Cape, but often trawled in 40 - 130 m. Two specimens, possibly a new species, taken in shallow water on northern
Natal coast.
11.9 Haploblepharus fuscus
Smith,1950
PLATE 3
Brown shyshark
Bruin skaamoog
Haploblepharus edwardsii (non Cuvier): Smith, SFSA No. 39*. Haploblepharus fuscus Smith, 1950: 883 , Fig. 2 (East London , Knysna) ; Smith ,
1953: No. 39*; Smith & Smith , 1966: 27* ; Bass et aI., 1975: 19* ; Springer,
1979: 89*.
Like other species in this genus, H. fuscus rolls into a
circle when caught, covering the head and especially the
eyes with the tail, thus giving rise to the common name of
"shysharks". Nothing is known of reproduction in H. fus'
I" ,'"
~ 'i' i ' "
:- '
• h ~ f,
T
11.10 Haploblepharus pictus: 56 em mature male (Saldanha Bay) . T & d as in 2.1 .
92
cus. Matures at about 50-60 cm; attains 69 cm. Recorded
from southern Natal to Bredasdorp in the southern Cape; in
shallow water amongst rocks.
11.10 Haploblepharus pictus
(MOiler & Henle, 1838)
Dark shyshark
Donker skaamoog
Scyllium pictum Miiller & Henle, 1838: 4 (Cape of Good Hope).
Haploblepharus pictus: Bass et aI. , 1975: 21*; Springer, 1979: 91*.
Oviparous; 2 egg-cases at a time , hatching at about 11 cm;
mature at about 40 cm; attains about 60 cm . Shallow waters
of western Cape and Namibian coasts, also found in False
Bay.
Genus Holohalaelurus Fowler, 1933
Only 2 species of small, rather flattened catsharks with
broad heads; they have a patch of naked skin around the gill
slits and are exceptional in that males grow to a greater size
than females.