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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
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.
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.
Taxonomic Remarks
Species information for completion.
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)
Max length : 96.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116246); 110.0 cm TL (female)
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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Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators
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 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 August 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00355 (0.00168 - 0.00751), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100). 🛈 |