taxonID	type	description	language	source
F7AD17576614CF135077638EF2B07853.taxon	discussion	The genus Haploblepharus Garman 1913 is a little known group of small to medium-sized catsharks (family Scyliorhinidae Gill 1862) endemic to southern Africa and ranging along the coasts of Namibia and South Africa. Three species of Haploblepharus are currently recognised (Human, 2003, in prep.), H. edwardsii (Schinz 1822), H. pictus (Mueller & Henle 1838), and H. fuscus Smith 1950. Species identification of this group has been historically problematic and stems from the use of colour patterns and poor morphological characters in species identification keys. Under the name of H. edwardsii, Bass et al. (1975) illustrated a female Haploblepharus specimen taken from kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, that they referred to as the “ Natal ” form, as opposed to the better known and more abundant “ Cape ” form from the south coast of South Africa. Bass et al. found the two forms to be morphologically identical, differing only in colour pattern, but suggested that they might represent separate species on the basis of different habitats and allopatric distribution. Springer (1979), in his review of the Scyliorhinidae, apparently considered the “ Natal ” form as a colour variant of H. edwardsii. Compagno (1984 b, 1988) and Compagno et al. (1989) discussed the alternates of the two forms being regional colour variants or separate species without choosing an alternative, while Compagno (1999), Compagno & Human (2003), Compagno et al. (2005) and Human et al. (2006) considered the “ Natal ” form as an undescribed species. In the current study, and as part of a revision of the genus Haploblepharus (Human, 2003, in prep.), we show that the “ Natal ” form of Bass et al. (1975) differs significantly from H. edwardsii in morphological characters in addition to its colour pattern and warrants the rank of species.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
34E91E79D3351CC9568AE3BD0E28F60A.taxon	diagnosis	Definitions of this genus are in Garman (1913), Springer (1979), and Compagno (1984 b, 1988). These are easily recognized, stocky broad-headed scyliorhinids with greatly expanded anterior nasal flaps that reach the mouth and are connected medially to form a straight-edged nasal curtain as in many batoids; broad nasoral grooves connecting the nostrils and mouth; dorsolateral gill slits; a moderate-sized anal fin about as large as the equal-sized dorsal fins; and no supraorbital crests on the chondrocranium.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 - 5, Table 1)	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	materials_examined	Additional Non-type Specimens. MJS 970714, 2 specimens, juvenile female 334 mm TL, juvenile male, 354 mm TL; RUSI 14005, 2 specimens, one of which is referable to H. fuscus, H. kistnasamyi specimen is a juvenile female, 401 mm TL, Cape Recife, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 01 ' S 25 ° 42 ' E; RUSI 26156, embryonic female 58.5 mm TL, Boknes Beach, Alexandria Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 43 ' S 26 ° 35 ' E; RUSI 26934, adolescent female 400 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 48, A 4760 036 - 1051, off Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 04 ' S 23 ° 24 ' E; RUSI 26937, juvenile male 315 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 48, A 4760 036 - 1051, off Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; RUSI 26939, juvenile female 318 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 48, A 4760 036 - 1051, off Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; RUSI 26964, juvenile female 226 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 48, A 4752 030 - 1039, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 15 ' S 23 ° 04 ' E; RUSI 26965, juvenile female 218 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 48, A 4752 030 - 1039, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; RUSI 48494, embryonic female 104 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 02 ' S 25 ° 42 ' E; RUSI 48496, previously ORI 7227, juvenile female 106 mm TL, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 00 ' S 27 ° 55 ' E; SAM 29884, 2 specimens, juvenile males 121 mm TL & 183 mm TL, reef 2 km off Bird Rock, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 51.5 ' S 26 ° 16.6 ' E; SAM 32527, 4 specimens, juvenile females, 346 mm TL, 373 mm TL, 376 mm TL & 438 mm TL, Storms River Mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 01.3 ' S 23 ° 54.7 ' E; SAM 32553, 2 specimens, juvenile males 362 mm TL & 381 mm TL, Storms River Mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; SAM 32554, juvenile male 332 mm TL, Storms River Mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Comparative material of other species are listed in Appendix 2.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. H. kistnasamyi has a slender body; snout acutely rounded, sometimes coming to a point; head and trunk slightly depressed; whereas caudal peduncle slightly compressed. Background dorsal colouration is pale brown to brown, becoming paler laterally, with 8 or 9 saddles, 2 or 3 before 1 st dorsal fin, one on 1 st dorsal fin, one between dorsal fins, one on second dorsal fin, one on caudal peduncle, and 2 on caudal fin; saddle centres darker than background colouration, margins darker than saddle centres, with white spots present only on saddles, particularly laterally, giving a blotchy effect there; background colouration extending to dorsal surface of pectoral and pelvic fins, as well as anal fin; saddles not extending to dorsal surface of pectoral and pelvic fins. Ventral colouration usually abruptly uniform white to pale cream, or yellow to dull grey brown (probable preservation artefact), dorsal background colouration present on fin webs of pectoral and pelvic fins, or not (probable preservation artefact), pectoral and pelvic fin webs darker when the latter is true.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	description	Description. Morphometric and meristic data are given in Table 1. Holotype, adolescent female 415 mm TL (paratypes, mature male 504 mm TL, mature female 481 mm TL): head length 1.1 (1.2, 1.0) times the pectoral-pelvic space; head only slightly depressed, snout convexly pointed, preoral length 0.5 (1.7, 0.5) times the mouth width; eyes dorsolateral on head with rudimentary nictitating lower eyelids (Compagno, 1970), eye length 0.2 (0.2, 0.2) times head length and 2.0 (2.1, 1.6) times eye width; spiracle length 0.2 (0.3, 0.2) times eye length; anterior nasal lobes expanded and fused into a flap that is united across the ventral midline and extends to the upper labium, excurrent nasal apertures covered by nasal curtain, width of nasal curtain 1.8 (1.7, 2.0) times the nostril width; basimandibular cartilage found at the symphysis of the Meckels’ cartilage in the lower jaw, mouth width 0.7 (0.7, 0.8) times the head width at the pectoral fin origin, upper labial furrow length 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) times the mouth length, labial cartilages present; dental formula (holotype only) - upper jaw L 28, R 29; lower jaw L 28, R 29, no toothless spaces at the symphysis of either jaw, teeth undifferentiated either between jaws or along the jaw; body slender with trunk not depressed, trunk length 1.2 (1.0, 1.2) times head length, no dorsal, lateral or ventral ridges along body; caudal peduncle short and compressed, distance from pelvic insertion to ventral origin of caudal fin 0.4 (0.4, 0.4) times the precaudal length; peduncle height 1.9 (1.5, 1.4) its width; pectoral fins broad and roundedtriangular, their height 1.6 (1.7, 1.8) times their base length and 2.3 (1.4, 2.2) times the height of the pelvic fins, pectoral fin radials extending 0.4 (0.7, 0.7) along the length of the anterior margin; pelvic fins roughly triangular, their height 0.5 (0.9, 0.7) times their base length, claspers of the mature male paratype are long and stout, inner length 7.3 times the base; first dorsal fin with rounded apex, posterior margin straight and free rear tip angular, height 0.7 (0.8, 0.9) times the base length, base length 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) times the interdorsal space; second dorsal fin similarly shaped to first dorsal fin, slightly smaller, height 0.6 (0.7, 0.6) times the base length and 1.0 (0.9, 0.9) times the height of the first dorsal fin; anal fin roughly triangular and moderately high, height 0.4 (0.5, 0.5) times the length of the base, fin length 0.9 (0.9, 0.9) times the distance from the anal fin insertion to the ventral origin of the caudal fin; caudal fin with weakly developed and broadly rounded ventral lobe, minimal inflexion of the caudal vertebrae, dorsal margin 2.1 (2.5, 2.0) times the distance from the insertion of the second dorsal fin to the dorsal origin of the caudal fin, upper post-ventral caudal fin margin 1.8 (1.7, 2.1) times the length of the terminal caudal fin margin; vertebral counts - 33 (32, 32) monospondylous, 60 (63, 61) precaudal diplospondylous and 40 (38, 40) caudal diplospondylous, no stutter zone apparent between monospondylous and diplospondylous vertebrae, spiral valve turns - 6 (N / A, N / A).	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	discussion	Comparison with other species. H. kistnasamyi has the least depressed head and trunk of the Haploblepharus sharks (Fig. 6) and further differs from other species in having a preoral length less than 3 times the head width at pectoral origin (more than 3.5 times in other members of the genus) and a slightly compressed caudal peduncle. Haploblepharus kistnasamyi is most similar to H. edwardsii in morphology (including its narrowly pointed head) and colouration but has a stockier, less depressed body, has less defined saddle-marks without discrete red centers, and has longer, stouter claspers (similar to those of H. fuscus and H. pictus). H. kistnasamyi differs from H. fuscus and H. pictus in averaging fewer tooth rows and spiral valve turns (8 turns in H. fuscus, 7 turns in H. pictus); from H. fuscus by its more complex colour pattern with bold dark markings on the fins as well as body); and from H. pictus by its mouth length about equal to prenarial length (mouth length greater than prenarial length in H. pictus).	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	etymology	Common name. The common name, happy chappy, has been suggested in Compagno & Human (2003). Otherwise known as the Natal or eastern shyshark.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	description	Size. Maximum known 504 mm total length (adult male). Females adult at 481 mm, adolescent at 400 and 415 mm, juvenile at 106 to 402 mm. Males adult at 504 mm, juvenile at 121 to 354 mm, adolescents unknown. Embryos 59 - 104 mm, hatchling size presumably about 100 - 110 mm. The weights of the type material are: 316.1 g (holotype, 415 mm), 512.7 g (paratype, 504 mm), and 438.7 g (paratype, 481 mm).	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	distribution	Distribution and Habitat. H. kistnasamyi is the most northeasterly ranging Haploblepharus shark (Fig. 7) and, as currently known, is a South African endemic species. Adults have been found in northern kwaZulu-Natal in shallow warm subtropical water on the continental shelf from the intertidal to 30 m depth. Individuals tentatively assigned as the juveniles of this species (Human, 2003, in prep.) occur in the Eastern Cape to west of Mossel Bay, Western Cape, and occur inshore, usually close to the coastline. The conservation status of this species needs to be investigated because of its rarity and potential vulnerability to fisheries (including angling) and intensive habitat modification and destruction in its known range.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honour of Nat Kistnasamy of the Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, in recognition for his outstanding efforts and pioneering work in the systematics and taxonomy of the chondrichthyan fauna of southern Africa.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Bass et al. (1975) recognised and illustrated two forms of H. edwardsii, the “ Cape ” form and the “ Natal ” form. H. kistnasamyi is equivalent to their “ Natal ” form of H. edwardsii and the paratypes are the specimens used by them in their description of the “ Natal ” form. They also illustrated the female paratype (RUSI 6077). Bass et al. (1975) found the two forms to be morphologically identical, differing only in colour pattern. However, H. kistnasamyi can be distinguished from H. edwardsii in having a noticeably less depressed body, which is stockier than that of H. edwardsii (Fig. 6). Compagno (1988) noted that H. kistnasamyi possibly had fewer monospondylous vertebrae than H. edwardsii, although this proved not to be the case in the current study and with a larger sample available.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	discussion	Although Bass et al. (1975) were the first to distinguish this species, Smith (1950) illustrated a juvenile under the name H. edwardsii, which agrees with the specimen RUSI 48496, an embryonic female (yolk sac still attached, although minute), 107 mm TL. The proportions given by Bass et al. (1975) are mostly referable to H. edwardsii and cannot be used as a comparison for the morphometrics of the current study. The holotype of H. kistnasamyi has 6 spiral valve turns, compared to 6 or 7 turns in H. edwardsii, 8 or 9 turns in H. fuscus, and 7 turns in H. pictus.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
FD72C235C0EE5AEDA3EBDE46B544DA40.taxon	biology_ecology	The biology of H. kistnasamyi is virtually unknown. Egg-cases not known, but presumably oviparous as with other species of Haploblepharus.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
563AA1078B1B2C0190DCD3D62D2C2F92.taxon	materials_examined	AMNH 40988, adult male 518 mm TL, " Congo " (probably erroneous); BAH 19991222.02, gravid female 540 mm TL, Buffels Bay, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 19.3 ' S 18 ° 28.1 ' E; BAH 20000304.01, mature female 415 mm TL, Rooi Els, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 18 ' S 18 ° 48.8 ' E; BAH 20000930.03, mature male 414 mm TL, Buffels Bay, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20011119.16, gravid female 364 mm TL, Longbeach, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 11.15 ' S 18 ° 25.6 ' E; BAH 20020417.01, mature female 477 mm TL, R. V Africana Cruise 167, A 20810 007 - 2231, 95 m; BAH 20021015.02, mature female 365 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 14 ' S 18 ° 28.6 ' S; BAH 20021017.02, mature male 370 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 12.26 ' S 18 ° 27.56 ' E; BAH 20021017.03, mature male 390 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; LJVC 840419, 2 specimens, adult female 510 mm TL, adult male 530 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa (both skeletonized); RUSI 6071, previously ORI 2475, adolescent male 462 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, approx. 34 ° 02 ' S 25 ° 42 ' E; RUSI 6072, female 352 mm TL, East Cape, Zaire? (probably erroneous); RUSI 6073, previously ORI 2473, mature male 536 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 6078, adult male 565 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 13145, mature female 522 mm TL, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, approx. 34 ° 04 ' S 23 ° 23 ' E; RUSI 13146, gravid female 554 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 19485, 3 specimens, immature male 281 mm TL, 2 adult males 387 - 405 mm TL, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; SAM 10141, immature male 305 mm TL, False Bay, South Africa; SAM 12980, 3 specimens, Kalk Bay, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 7.6 ' S 18 ° 27 ' E; SAM 17758, 2 specimens; SAM 22021, mature male 371 mm PCL, Simonstown Lighthouse, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 11. l'S 18 ° 26.3 ' E; SAM 23199, 1 specimen, Cape Peninsula, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 21 ' 4.5 " S 18 ° 29 ' 8.5 " E; SAM 28636, 24 specimens, those measured in the current study - mature male 365 mm TL, mature male 367 mm TL, mature male 406 mm TL, mature male 430 mm TL, mature male 472 mm TL, mature male 472 mm TL, mature male 482 mm TL, mature female 408 mm TL, gravid female 434 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 120, A 47043 (erroneous station number, R. Leslie, pers. comm.) 2220; SAM 29307, 6 specimens, Cape Peninsula, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; SAM 32524, 1 specimen, R. V. Africana Cruise 82, A 10145 047 - 3415, 35 ° 00 ' S 22 ° 25 ' E; SAM 32525, mature male 555 mm TL, Storms River Mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 01.3 ' S 23 ° 54.7 ' E; SAM 32555, 1 specimen, Storms River Mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; SAM 32616, 1 specimen, Langebaan Lagoon (Klein Ostervaal farm), Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 04.5 ' S 18 ° 02.5 ' E; SAM 33203, 1 specimen, R. V Africana Cruise 111, A 14791 053 - 2160, 34 ° 55 ' 48 " S 21 ° 35 ' 24 " E; SAM 34640, 1 specimen, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 48.5 ' E 18 ° 27 ' E; SAM 34647, mature female 462 mm TL, R. V. Africana Cruise 111, A 14732 001 - 1002, 34 ° 54.9 ' S 20 ° 02 ' E; SAM 36079, Neotype of H. edwardsii, previously BAH 20021015.01, mature male 391 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
1DEDE2C7580ED97E704C0A818F034D9D.taxon	materials_examined	BAH 20020304.05, male 340 mm TL, Hamburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 17.2 ' S 27 ° 28.9 ' E; BAH 20020304.06, male 580 mm TL, Hamburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa; LJVC 820916, gravid female 631 mm TL, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 53 ' S 25 ° 39 ' E; LJVC 840308, adolescent female 586 mm TL, Eastern Cape, South Africa (skeletonised); LJVC 850823, adult female 625 mm TL, Eastern Cape, South Africa (skeletonised); LJVC 840323, 2 specimenes, adult male 640 mm TL, Cape Recife, Eastern Cape, South Africa, adult female 730 mm TL, Titsikama, Eastern Cape, South Africa (both skeletonised); MJS 941004, mature female 625 mm TL, Cape Recife, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 01.7 ' S 25 ° 42.1 ' E; MJS 990217, mature female 609 mm TL, Cape Recife, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 21 holotype of Haploblepharus fuscus Smith 1950, adolescent male 495 mm TL, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, approx. 33 ° 00 ' S 27 ° 55 ' E; RUSI 3701, mature male 605 mm TL, Cape Padrone, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 46 ' S 26 ° 28 ' E; RUSI 6079, previously ORI 2470, juvenile male 460 mm TL, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 36 ' S 26 ° 54 ' E; RUSI 6081, previously ORI 2787, mature female 610 mm TL, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 6082, previously ORI 2471, adolescent male 543 mm TL, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 7617, adolescent female 568 mm TL, Cape Padrone, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 10289, mature male 551 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 02 ' S 25 ° 42 ' E; RUSI 12826, mature male 602 mm TL, locality not recorded; RUSI 13144, 2 specimens, mature male 649 mm TL, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 14005, 2 specimens, one of which is referable to H. kistnasamyi, H. fuscus specimen is a mature male 637 mm TL, Cape Recife, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 19993, 3 specimens, 2 adolescent females 496 mm TL and 540 mm TL, mature male 550 mm TL, locality not recorded; RUSI 25182, mature male 577 mm TL, Paradise Beach, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 07 ' S 24 ° 52.5 ' E; RUSI 25925, gravid female 571 mm TL, Cape Recife, Eastern Cape, South Africa; RUSI 41963, mature male 559 mm TL, Fish River Lighthouse, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 29 ' S 27 ° 08 ' E; SAM 32523, 4 specimens, Storms River Mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 01.3 ' S 23 ° 54.7 ' E; SAM 32614, immature male 438 mm TL, Langebaan Lagoon (Klein Ostervaal farm), Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 04.5 ' S 18 ° 02.5 ' E.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
74DE40EFBB2A13A62633C2CC963DD2EF.taxon	materials_examined	BAH 20000617.08, male 560 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 14 ' S 18 ° 28.6 ' S; BAH 20000617.09, male 700 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20001007.03, male 545 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20010308.04, 1 specimen, Klein Bay, Gans Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 35.1 ' S 19 ° 20.7 ' E; BAH 20010405.06, male 595 mm TL, Granger Bay, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 54 ' S 18 ° 24 ' E; BAH 20010405.07, male 489 mm TL, Granger Bay, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20010405.08, male 580 mm TL, Granger Bay, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20010405.09, male 641 mm TL, Granger Bay, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20010405.10, female 420 mm TL, Granger Bay, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20010405.11, male 580 mm TL, Granger Bay, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20011119.17, 1 specimen, Long Beach, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 11.15 ' S 18 ° 25.6 ' E; BAH 20021014.01, gravid female 433 mm PCL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 12.26 ' S 18 ° 27.56 ' E; BAH 20021014.02, adolescent female 493 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021014.04, mature male 559 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021014.05, mature male 540 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021014.06, mature female 506 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021015.03, adolescent female 496 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021015.04, mature male 514 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021015.05, mature male 570 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021015.06, mature male 484 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021017.01, mature male 517 mm TL, Froggy Pond, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021020.01, mature male 460 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BAH 20021020.02, adolescent female 455 mm TL, Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; BGR. 1. H, deposited at SAM, embryonic male 103 mm TL, Berg River Mouth, St Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 32 ° 46 ' S 18 ° 09 ' E; MJS 960526, adolescent female 430 mm TL, Rocky Bank, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 24.4 ' S 18 ° 35.5 ' E; MJS 970124, gravid female 517 mm TL, Slangkop, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 10.97 ' S 18 ° 18.46 ' E; MJS 970128, 3 specimens, mature male 554 mm TL, two mature females 547 mm TL and 597 mm TL, Die Kelders, Gans Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 30.76 ' S 19 ° 20.24 ' E; NMW 78529, 2 specimens, immature male ~ 110 mm TL, immature female ~ 200 mm TL, “ Cap ”, South Africa; RMNH 4161, probable syntypes, 2 specimens, mature male 522 mm TL, and mature female 490 mm TL, “ Vom Cap der guten Hoffnung ”, South Africa; RMNH 4162, probable syntype, immature female 135 mm TL, “ Vom Cap der guten Hoffnung ”, South Africa; RMNH 4163, probable syntype, immature male 199 mm TL, “ Vom Cap der guten Hoffnung ”, South Africa; RMNH 4164, probable syntype, immature female 143 mm TL, “ Vom Cap der guten Hoffnung ”, South Africa; RUSI 4115, juvenile male 165 mm TL, Woodstock Power Station (no longer in existence, reclaimed land), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 55 ' S 18 ° 26 ' E; RUSI 4117, adolescent female 483 mm TL, Robben Island, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 48 ' S 18 ° 22 ' E; RUSI 6083, previously ORI 6083, mature male 565 mm TL, Cape Point, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 21 ' 4.5 " S 18 ° 29 ' 8.5 " E; RUSI 6084, previously ORI 2874, adolescent female 533 mm TL, Cape Point, Western Cape, South Africa; RUSI 6160, previously ORI 2932, juvenile male 199 mm TL, Woodstock (presently reclaimed land), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 55 ' S 18 ° 26 ' E; RUSI 39993, 3 specimens, two juvenile males 320 mm TL and 369 mm TL, mature male 537 mm TL, Platboom, Cape Point, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 20.2 ' S 18 ° 26.65 ' E; RUSI 44494, mature male 432 mm TL, Berg River Mouth, St Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; RUSI 48499, gravid female 359 mm TL, Hottentot Bay, Namibia, 26 ° 07 ' S 14 ° 57 ' E; RUSI 48500, mature male, Luderitz, Namibia, 26 ° 39 ' S 15 ° 09 ' E; SAM 3225, mature male, Table Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 53.85 ' S 18 ° 26.1 ' E; SAM 10142, adolescent female, Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 32 ° 58.5 ' S 17 ° 51 ' E; SAM 21941, adolescent male 282 mm TL, Simonstown Naval Dockyard, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 11.1 ' S 18 ° 26.3 ' E; SAM 22996, 3 specimens, Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; SAM 23096, juvenile male 335 mm TL, Salt River Power station filter screens, Table Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 55 ' S 18 ° 26 ' E; SAM 23296, 2 specimens, juvenile male 218 mm TL, juvenile female 242 mm TL, North of Orange River Mouth, Namibia (no coordinates); SAM 23307, juvenile male 135 mm TL, 70 miles (112 km) North of Orange River Mouth, Namibia, approx. 28 ° 02 ' S 15 ° 45 ' E; SAM 23578, embryonic male 83 mm TL, Schaapen Island, Langebaan Lagoon, Western Cape, South Africa, 33 ° 05.6 ' S 18 ° 01.5 ’ E; SAM 23598, 4 specimens, 2 juvenile males 128 mm TL and 276 mm TL, 2 juvenile females, 110 mm TL and 128 mm TL, Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 03 ' S 18 ° 21 ' E; SAM 23811, 1 specimen, South of Cape Columbine, Western Cape, South Africa, 32 ° 47.5 ' S 17 ° 46.8 ' E; SAM 24345, 5 specimens, 2 juvenile males 235 mm TL and 268 mm TL, adolescent male 407 mm TL, mature male 516 mm TL, adolescent female 411 mm TL, Luderitz, Namibia; SAM 24545, 1 specimen, Bredasdorp (erroneous, true locality probably Arniston, Struis Bay or Cape Agulhas), Western Cape, South Africa; SAM 26385, juvenile female 306 mm TL, Lamberts Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 32 ° 04.5 ' S 18 ° 18.5 ' E; SAM 29303, 13 specimens, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 21 ' 4.5 " S 18 ° 29 ' 8.5 " E; SAM 29337, mature female, Mowe Point, Namibia (no coordinates); SAM 32526, mature female, Cape Point, Western Cape, South Africa; SAM 32556, mature female, Cape Point, Western Cape, South Africa; SAM 32617, mature female 553 mm TL, Titsikama, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 34 ° 08.1 ' S 24 ° 26.4 ' E.	en	Brett A. Human, Leonard J. V. Compagno (2006): Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 1318: 41-58, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9EF49D1-FC3C-4D6E-9A6D-A3C14B9E87A8
