| Southern African frilled shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Hexanchiformes |
| Family: | Chlamydoselachidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydoselachus |
| Species: | C. africana
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydoselachus africana | |
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| Range of the southern African frilled shark | |
The southern African frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus africana) is a species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae, described in 2009. It is found in the deep waters off southern Angola to southern Namibia. This species is difficult to distinguish from the better-known frilled shark (C. anguineus), but is smaller at maturity and differs in several proportional measurements including head length and mouth width. It seems to be a specialized predator of smaller sharks, using its flexible jaws and numerous needle-like, recurved teeth to capture and swallow them whole. Reproduction is presumably aplacental viviparous, as with the other member of its family.
- ^ Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Leslie, R. (2019). "Chlamydoselachus africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195489A139932679. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195489A139932679.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.