- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderCarcharhiniformes
- ›familyScyliorhinidae
- ›genusGaleus
African sawtail catshark
Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959
Also calledAfrikanischer Sägeschwanz-Katzenhai (deu) · Gattuccio dalla coda a sega africano (ita) · máčka Pollova (ces) · Африканский пилохвост (rus)
First described in: Cadenat, J. 1959. Notes d’ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XX.--Galeus polli espèce nouvelle ovovivipare de Scylliorhinidae. Bulletin Inst. Fondam. Afr. Noire Sci. Nat., A 21(1): 395-409.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: The species is most common from about central Namibia northwards, but is less common south of L ̹ deritz, Namibia, where it is replaced by Holohalaelurus regani and Scyliorhinus capensis (Compagno et al., 1991; Ebert, 2015).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
discussion
Remarks: The species is most common from about central Namibia northwards, but is less common south of L ̹ deritz, Namibia, where it is replaced by Holohalaelurus regani and Scyliorhinus capensis (Compagno et al., 1991; Ebert, 2015). Conservation status: LC (2004).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
distribution
South African distribution: Known from a few specimens collected during research survey cruises south of the Orange River, off the NC, west coast of South Africa (Ebert, 2015).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: Uncatalogued specimens at SAM from the Northern Cape Province, west coast of South Africa.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Galeus polli in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5215618.