WoRMS taxon details
Triakis megalopterus (Smith, 1839)
220023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220023)
accepted
Species
Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839 · unaccepted
Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866 · unaccepted
Mustelus nigropunctatus Smith, 1952 · unaccepted
Triakis natalensis (Steindachner, 1866) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Triakis megalopterus (Smith, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220023 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
original description (of Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Über die Fische von Port Jackson in Australien. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 3 (no. 7): 50-54. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Über die Fische von Port Jackson in Australien. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 3 (no. 7): 50-54. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triakis megalopterus)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus nigropunctatus Smith, 1952)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Triakis natalensis (Steindachner, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase images (Triakis megalopterus, South Africa, by Zsilavecz, G.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triakis megalopterus)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus nigropunctatus Smith, 1952)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Triakis natalensis (Steindachner, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase images (Triakis megalopterus, South Africa, by Zsilavecz, G.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
