WoRMS taxon details
Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914)
217647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217647)
accepted
Species
Halaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914) · unaccepted (synonym)
Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1914). Description of three new south African fishes. <em>Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.</em> No. 2 (VII): 128-131. [details]
Description Found on the uppermost continental slopes. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 5213). Oviparous, with...
Description Found on the uppermost continental slopes. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 5213). Oviparous, with 1 (Ref. 5510) or 2 egg-cases laid per oviduct at a time (Ref. 5510). The adult males are larger than females, a characteristic unusual among sharks. Manifests partial sexual segregation. Not utilized at present. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217647 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1914). Description of three new south African fishes. <em>Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.</em> No. 2 (VII): 128-131. [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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the uppermost continental slopes. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 5213). Oviparous, with 1 (Ref. 5510) or 2 egg-cases laid per oviduct at a time (Ref. 5510). The adult males are larger than females, a characteristic unusual among sharks. Manifests partial sexual segregation. Not utilized at present. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African spotted catshark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Holohalaelurus punctatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Halaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914))
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Halaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Holohalaelurus punctatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Halaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914))
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Halaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
