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5.3 Centrophorus scalpratus: 78 em mature male (8. Mozambique). N & d as in 2.1; 8 = spine at origin of 2nd 0 of full-term embryo.
5.3 Centrophorus scalpratus
McCulloch, 1915
Centrophorus scalpratus McCulloch, 1915: 97, PI. 13, Figs. 2-7 (Victoria
coast of Australia); Bass et aI., 1976: 29*. Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist, 1922: 48, PI. 7, Fig. 3 (Natal); Smith, SFSA No. 47*.
Snout length 9.4-12.0% TL; orbit length 4.8-6.9% TL; 1st Dbase
10-12% TL; 2nd Dbase 5-6%, height 3-4 % TL. Teeth :~~~~/~;1~:1~'
Colour greyish brown dorsally, paler below; fins of
juveniles dark, with pale edges. Pups 31-37 cm at birth, 2
per litter. Males mature at 70 cm, females at about 80 cm;
attains 98 cm. Known from Australia, Taiwan and Japan.
Common from Natal to southern Mozambique in 250 - 400
m.
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5.4 Centrophorus squamosus: 93 em male (E. Cape). N, T & d as in 2.1.
5.4 Centrophorus squamosus
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788: 12 (type-locality unknown,
probably eastern North Atlantic). Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von
Bonde, 1924: 2 (west coast of South Africa); Smith, SFSA No. 48; Encheiridiodon hendersoni Smith, 1967: 129, PIs. 24-27 (Port Elizabeth).
Lepidorhinus squamosus: Karrer, 1975: 65. Centrophorus squamosus:
Bass et aI., 1976: 28*.
Length of 1st Dbase 14-18% TL; 2nd Dbase 12-13% TL.
16-17/1116-17
Teeth 13-14/1113-14'
Colour dark grey or brown. Males mature at about 1.0 m;
attains 1.6 m. Northeastern Atlantic, New Zealand,
Australia, Philippines, Japan and Aldabra. In our area:
Walvis Bay and western Cape Province in 370 - 648 m and
an inexplicably shallow record of 3 m for the holotype of E.
hendersoni collected in Algoa Bay.
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