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Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899)

Description

A small shark with numerous (>20) vertical stripes on the body without dark spots, snout tip knoblike but not prominently upturned. Eyes in adults 12–13 times in distance from snout to first dorsal origin. Anterior nasal flaps sub triangular. Gills dorsolaterally placed and elevated above the mouth level. First dorsal-fin origin about opposite pelvic-fin insertion. Light brown above with pale ventral side, dark brown cross bands on the body (Ref. 86593).

Common Names

  • قِرش قِطّ كاجكا , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Quaggakathaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Quagga cat shark , English , South Africa
  • Quagga catshark , English , India
  • Quagga catshark , English , Global
  • Kvagga-šelfihai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Holbiche quagga , French , Global
  • 斑紋梅花鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑纹梅花鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑纹梅花鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pejegato quagga , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Pentanchidae

    Genus: Halaelurus

    Species: Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899)

    Climate Zone

  • demersal

    • Location

  • Western Indian Ocean: Somalia (Indian Ocean coast) and India (Arabian Sea), offshore on continental slope (Ref. 86593).

    • Biology

    Found on the continental shelves, (Ref. 244), on or near the bottom (Ref. 30573). Attains a maximum size of 37.0 cm TL; female of 36.8 cm TL was gravid and contained eight egg cases, four in each uterus (Ref. 86593). Feeds on shrimps. Collection by deep-sea shrimp trawlers may indicate that the species could have a wider depth distribution, possibly down to 280 m (Ref. 86593). Not utilized at present (Ref. 244).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Data deficient

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless