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First records of the longnose spiny dogfish Squalus blainvillei (Squalidae) and the deep-water stingray Plesiobatis daviesi (Urolophidae) from South African waters


DA Ebert
PD Cowley
LJV Compagno

Abstract

Deep-set longline investigations of the slope waters off northern KwaZulu-Natal on the east coast of South Africa confirmed the first records of the longnose spiny dogfish Squalus blainvillei (Squalidae) and the deepwater stingray Plesiobatis daviesi (Urolophidae) from South African waters.

Keywords: first records, Plesiobatis daviesi, Squalus blainvillei, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science 2002, 24: 355–357

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