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Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864 Portuguese Shark Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864: 263, fig. 4. Holotype: Museu Bocage, Lisbon, MB T113, destroyed in fire. Type locality: off Portugal, northeastern Atlantic. Local synonymy:? Centroscymnus fuscus: Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924: 2 (off St. Helena Bay, South Africa, SE Atlantic); Barnard, 1925: 51; Smith, 1949a: 58; Smith, 1965: 58. Centrophorus squamosus: Hulley, 1971: 267, fig. 1; Bass et al., 1976: 28 (in part, for synonymy of C. fuscus with this species). Centroscymnus coelolepis: Compagno, 1984a: 55, fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 32, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 56; Ebert et al., 1992: 603; Compagno, 1999: 115; Compagno et al., 2005: 112, fig., pl. 10; Ebert, 2013: 90, fig. 127; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 151, fig., pl. 13; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 35, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 87, fig. 104; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 31, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; White et al., 2015: 214; Weigmann et al., 2016b: 642; Compagno, 2016: 1189; Weigmann, 2016: 899. South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 25727, SAIAB 26272, SAIAB 26273, SAIAB 26417, SAIAB 27601. South Africa distribution: Common off the west coast from the Orange River (NC) to off Cape Agulhas (WC), but also extending to the EC. It has not been found off KZN, but likely occurs there since it has been caught off southern Mozambique and is common on the Walters Shoal (Weigmann et al., 2016). Remarks: Centroscymnus fuscus was described from a specimen taken off St. Helena Bay and was recognized as a valid species until Hulley (1971) and Bass et al. (1976) synonymized it with Centrophorus squamosus. However, details of the original description by Gilchrist and von Bonde (1924) suggest that C. fuscus may be a synonym of C. coelolepis rather than C. squamosus. Centroscymnus coelolepis is common in the area off St. Helena Bay where the type specimen was caught, while C. squamosus is relatively uncommon in that area. Unfortunately, C. fuscus was never illustrated and the holotype is lost. Conservation status: NT (2020)., Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567, {"references":["Barbosa du Bocage, J. V. & de Brito Capello, F. (1864) Sur quelque especes inedites de Squalidae de la tribu Acanthiana, Gray, qui frequentent les cotes du Portugal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864, 260 - 263.","Gilchrist, J. D. F. & von Bonde, C. (1924) Deep-sea fishes procured by the S. S. \" Pickle \" (Part II). Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa, 3 (7), 1 - 24. [1922]","Barnard, K. H. (1925) A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part I (Amphioxus, Cyclostomata, Elasmobranchii, and Teleostei-Isospondyli to Heterosomata). Annals of the South African Museum, 21, 1 - 418.","Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.","Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.","Hulley, P. A. (1971) Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre) (Chondrichthyes, Squalidae) in the eastern south Atlantic. Annals of the South African Museum, 57 (11), 265 - 270.","Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1976) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. VI. The families Oxynotidae, Squalidae, Dalatiidae and Echinorhinidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 45, 1 - 103.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1984 a) FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 4. No. 125. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1 - 250.","Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.","Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Cowley, P. D. (1991) Distribution of offshore demersal cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) of the west coast of southern Africa, with notes on their systematics. South African Journal of Marine Science, 11, 43 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 025776191784287664","Ebert, D. A., Compagno, L. J. V. & Cowley, P. D. (1992) A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of squaloid sharks off the west coast of southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science, 12, 601 - 609. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 02577619209504727","Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406","Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.","Ebert D. A. (2013) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 1. Sharks. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 1. FAO, Rome, 256 pp.","Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.","Ebert, D. A. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 pp.","Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the \" Lost Sharks \" of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730","White, W. T., Vaz, D. F. B., Ho, H. - C., Ebert, D. A., de Carvalho, M. R., Corrigan, S., Rochel, E., de Carvalho, M., Tanaka, S. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2015) Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano & Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera. Ichthyological Research, 62, 213 - 229. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10228 - 014 - 0430 - y","Weigmann, S., Vaz, D. F. B., White, W. T., Carvalho, M. R. de & Thiel, R. (2016 b) Distribution and comments on the morphology of Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), with focus on its occurrence in the Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 46 (3), 641 - 653. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 015 - 0413 - x","Compagno, L. J. V. (2016) Sharks. In: Carpenter, K. E. & De Angelis, N. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bivalves, Gastropods, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1122 - 1336.","Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874","Weigmann, S., Seret, B., Last, P. R. & McEachran, J. D. (2016 a) Pygmy skates. Family Gurgesiellidae. In: Last, P. R., White, W. T., de Carvalho, M. E., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Naylor, G. J. P. (Eds.), Rays of the World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, pp. 473 - 493. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148"]}

Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) Southern Lanternshark Spinax granulosus G̹nther, 1880: 19, fig. C, pl. 2. Holotype: BMNH 1879.5.14.460. Type locality: Southwestern coast of South America, Challenger station 305. Local synonymy: Etmopterus granulosus: Gilchrist, 1922b: 49; Barnard, 1925: 49, fig. 8, pl. 2; Smith, 1949a: 58, fig. 50; Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957: 55; Smith, 1965: 58, fig. 50; Compagno, 1984a: 77, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 55 (Cape Point); Compagno et al., 1989: 28, pl.; Straube et al., 2011a: 138; Ebert, 2013: 84, fig. 117; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 132, fig., pl. 9; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 31, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 78, fig. 91; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 25, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Straube et al., 2015: 11; Weigmann, 2016: 895. Spinax granulosus: Norman, 1935: 37 (SW of Cape Town, 34°08'S, 17°33'E). Etmopterus cf. granulosus: Compagno et al., 1991: 63; Ebert et al., 1992: 605; Compagno, 1999: 114. Etmopterus baxteri: Compagno et al., 2005: 94, pl. 8; Compagno, 2016: 1185. South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 25710, SAIAB 26341, SAIAB 26342, SAIAB 26343, SAIAB 26344, SAIAB 26345, SAIAB 26346, SAIAB 26347, SAIAB 26348, SAIAB 26349, SAIAB 26350, SAIAB 26351, SAIAB 26352, SAIAB 26353, SAIAB 26354, SAIAB 26355, SAIAB 26356, SAIAB 26357, SAIAB 26358, SAIAB 26359, SAIAB 26360, SAIAB 26361, SAIAB 26362, SAIAB 26363, SAIAB 26364, SAIAB 26365, SAIAB 26366, SAIAB 26367, SAIAB 26368, SAIAB 26369, SAIAB 26370, SAIAB 26371, SAIAB 26372, SAIAB 26373, SAIAB 26374, SAIAB 26375, SAIAB 26430, SAIAB 26431, SAIAB 26432, SAIAB 26433, SAIAB 26434, SAIAB 26435, SAIAB 27170, SAIAB 27171, SAIAB 27172, SAIAB 27173, SAIAB 27174, SAIAB 27175, SAIAB 27176, SAIAB 27177, SAIAB 27178, SAIAB 27179, SAIAB 27180, SAIAB 27181, SAIAB 27182, SAIAB 27184, SAIAB 27185, SAIAB 27186, SAIAB 30297, SAIAB 81676, SAIAB 186424, SAIAB 186462. South Africa distribution: West coast from Cape Columbine (WC) to about Algoa Bay (EC). Remarks: The taxonomic history of this species off South Africa, like most members of this genus, has been rather convoluted, although Straube et al. (2015) clarified the name status of this species. Etmopterus granulosus is one of the most common lanternsharks off the South African west coast. It is wide-ranging throughout the Southern Hemisphere at higher latitudes. Conservation status: LC (2018)., Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567, {"references":["Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922 b) Deep-sea fishes procured by the S. A. \" Pickle \" (Part I.). Special Report (3), Report of the Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa, 2, 41 - 79.","Barnard, K. H. (1925) A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part I (Amphioxus, Cyclostomata, Elasmobranchii, and Teleostei-Isospondyli to Heterosomata). Annals of the South African Museum, 21, 1 - 418.","Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.","Bigelow, H. B. & Schroeder, W. C. (1957) A study of the sharks of the suborder Squaloidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 117 (1), 1 - 150.","Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1984 a) FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 4. No. 125. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1 - 250.","Bass, A. J. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Echinorhinidae, Proscyllidae, Odontaspidiidae, Mitsukurinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 63 + 103 + 104 - 105.","Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.","Ebert D. A. (2013) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 1. Sharks. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 1. FAO, Rome, 256 pp.","Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.","Ebert, D. A. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 pp.","Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the \" Lost Sharks \" of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730","Straube, N., Leslie, R. W., Clerkin, P. J., Ebert, D. A., Rochel, E., Corrigan, S. L., Chenhong, L. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2015) On the occurrence of the southern lanternshark, Etmopteus granulosus, off South Africa, with comments on the validity of E. compagnoi. Deepsea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 11 - 17. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. dsr 2.2014.04.004","Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874","Norman, J. R. (1935) Coast fishes, Part. I. The South Atlantic. ' Discovery' Reports, 12, 1 - 58.","Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Cowley, P. D. (1991) Distribution of offshore demersal cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) of the west coast of southern Africa, with notes on their systematics. South African Journal of Marine Science, 11, 43 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 025776191784287664","Ebert, D. A., Compagno, L. J. V. & Cowley, P. D. (1992) A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of squaloid sharks off the west coast of southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science, 12, 601 - 609. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 02577619209504727","Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406","Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.","Compagno, L. J. V. (2016) Sharks. In: Carpenter, K. E. & De Angelis, N. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bivalves, Gastropods, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1122 - 1336."]}

Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) Spottail Shark Carcharias (Prionodon) sorrah Valenciennes in M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 45, pl. 16. Lectotype: RMNH 4294, Type locality: Java, Indonesia. Local synonymy: Carcharhinus sorrah: Bass et al., 1973: 72, fig. 29; Garrick, 1982: 165, figs. 75–77; Compagno, 1984b: 500, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 77, fig. 9.17; Compagno, 1988a: 291; Compagno et al., 1989: 68, pl.; Compagno et al., 2005: 306, fig., pl. 59; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 475, fig., pl. 72; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Weigmann, 2016: 859. South Africa voucher material: None. South African distribution: Northern KZN. Remarks: Common in parts of its wide Indo-West Pacific range, but rare in East Africa with only a couple records from Sodwana Bay and northern KZN. Conservation status: NT (2009). Genus Loxodon Müller & Henle, 1838a Sliteye Sharks Loxodon M̹ller & Henle, 1838a: 36. Type species: Loxodon macrorhinus M̹ller & Henle, 1839, by subsequent monotypy; appeared first with no included species., Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567, {"references":["M ʾ ller, J. & Henle, F. G. J. (1839) s. n. In: Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Plagiostomen, Berlin, pp. 29 - 102.","Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1973) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. I. The genus Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae). Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 33, 1 - 168.","Garrick, J. A. F. (1982) Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Circular, 445, 1 - 194.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1984 b) FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 4. No. 125. Part 2. Carcharhiniformes. FAO, Rome, pp. 251 - 655.","Bass, A. J. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Echinorhinidae, Proscyllidae, Odontaspidiidae, Mitsukurinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 63 + 103 + 104 - 105.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1988 a) Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 486 pp.","Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.","Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.","Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.","Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the \" Lost Sharks \" of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730","Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874","M ʾ ller, J. & Henle, F. G. J. (1838 a) On the generic characters of cartilaginous fishes, with descriptions of new genera. Magazine of Natural History, 2, 33 - 37, 88 - 91."]}

Genus Acroteriobatus Giltay, 1928 Flapnose Guitarfishes Acroteriobatus Giltay, 1928: 26. Type species: Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) annulatus Smith, 1841. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated first by Fowler, 1969: 141., Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567, {"references":["Giltay, L. (1928) Notes ichthyologiques. II. Une espece nouvelle de Rhinobatus du Congo belge (Rhinobatus congolensis, nov. sp.). Annales de la Societe Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 59, 21 - 27.","Fowler, H. W. (1969) A catalog of World fishes (XI). Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, Taipei, 22 (3 / 4), 125 - 190. [catalog pp. 501 - 566]"]}