An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa Author Ebert, David A. Author Wintner, Sabine P. 0000-0001-7350-5999 Author Kyne, Peter M. 0000-0003-4494-2625 debert@mlml.calstate.edu text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-17 4947 1 1 127 journal article 7365 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1 74dc998a-dc7a-4b02-b43c-a2064c9c6dc2 1175-5326 4614567 7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F Genus Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829 Cownose Rays Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829: 401 . Type species: Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817 , by subsequent designation; type designated by Bonaparte, 1838: 6 (of separate), also by Hay, 1902: 321 . Appeared first as Rhenoptera van Hasselt, 1823: 318 and Rhinoptera van Hasselt, 1824: 90 , regarded as nomina nuda . Cuvier’s “Les Rhinoptera Kuhl ” evidently sufficient to Latinise; two included species.