Squalus bassi, Long-snouted African spurdog : fisheries

Squalus bassi Viana, Carvalho & Ebert, 2017

Long-snouted African spurdog
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)
Etymology: Squalus: Genus name from Latin 'squalus' meaning shark (Ref. 6885, 27436); bassi: Named for Alan John Bass (Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban), for his valuable contributions to the taxonomy of elasmobranch fishes from southern Africa.

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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic, usually 159 - 591 m (Ref. 116246). Tropical

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Southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans: southwards along the Western Cape, South Africa and extending to Mozambique.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 96.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116246); 110.0 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum size at maturity of this species is approximately 73.0 cm for females and 65.0 cm for males. Females have between 4-9 pups per litter (size at birth is around 21.0-30.0 cm, with the smallest free-swimming neonates measuring 23.0-23.5 cm TL. Reported to feed mainly on bony fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans (Ref. 116246).

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Viana, S.T. d. F.L., M.R. de Carvalho and D.A. Ebert, 2017. Squalus bassi sp. nov., a new long-snouted spurdog (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae) from the Agulhas Bank. J. Fish Biol. 91(4):1178-1207. (Ref. 116246)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of potential interest
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