WoRMS taxon details
Heterodontus ramalheira (Smith, 1949)
217626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217626)
accepted
Species
Gyropleurodus ramalheira Smith, 1949 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gyropleurodus ramalheira Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). Interesting fishes of three genera new to South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 2 (no. 17) (art. 30): 367-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934908526727 [details]
Holotype (of Gyropleurodus ramalheira Smith, 1949)...
Holotype (of Gyropleurodus ramalheira Smith, 1949) MHN, geounit Inhambane [details]
Depth range deepish water species found at 40 to 275 m, with most records below 100m and from trawler hauls
Description Found on the outer continental shelf and uppermost slopes. Possibly feeds on crabs. Probably oviparous.
Depth range deepish water species found at 40 to 275 m, with most records below 100m and from trawler hauls [details]
Description Found on the outer continental shelf and uppermost slopes. Possibly feeds on crabs. Probably oviparous.
Description Found on the outer continental shelf and uppermost slopes. Possibly feeds on crabs. Probably oviparous. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Heterodontus ramalheira (Smith, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217626 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gyropleurodus ramalheira Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). Interesting fishes of three genera new to South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 2 (no. 17) (art. 30): 367-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934908526727 [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
Holotype (of Gyropleurodus ramalheira Smith, 1949) MHN, geounit Inhambane [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range deepish water species found at 40 to 275 m, with most records below 100m and from trawler hauls [details]Description Found on the outer continental shelf and uppermost slopes. Possibly feeds on crabs. Probably oviparous. [details]
Habitat outer continental shelf and uppermost slope [details]
Length Maximum about 83 cm; hatchling 18 cm; males immature at 39 cm, adolescent at 56 cm, adults to at least 69 cm; adult
females 75 to 83 cm. [details]
