WoRMS taxon details
Halaelurus natalensis (Regan, 1904)
217643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217643)
accepted
Species
Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904) Regan, C. T. (1904). Descriptions of three new marine fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 14 (no. 80) (art. 16): 128-130., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745480409442978 [details]
Description Found on the continental shelf, from close inshore to deeper water. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and crustaceans. Also...
Description Found on the continental shelf, from close inshore to deeper water. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and crustaceans. Also included in the diet are cephalopods and small elasmobranchs. Oviparous, with 6 to 11 egg-cases per oviduct (commonly 6 to 9) at a time. Not utilized at present but commonly taken by bottom trawlers and sports anglers using rod and reel. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Halaelurus natalensis (Regan, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217643 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904) Regan, C. T. (1904). Descriptions of three new marine fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 14 (no. 80) (art. 16): 128-130., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745480409442978 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the continental shelf, from close inshore to deeper water. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and crustaceans. Also included in the diet are cephalopods and small elasmobranchs. Oviparous, with 6 to 11 egg-cases per oviduct (commonly 6 to 9) at a time. Not utilized at present but commonly taken by bottom trawlers and sports anglers using rod and reel. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tiger catshark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halaelurus natalensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus natalensis RAD110524-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus RAD110524 Envelope)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halaelurus natalensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus natalensis RAD110524-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus RAD110524 Envelope)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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