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 Acroteriobatus leucospilus ( Norman, 1926 ) Greyspot Guitarfish Rhinobatus leucospilus Norman, 1926: 966 , fig. 18. Syntypes : BMNH 1905.6 .8.12 (1), 1920.7.23.1 (1). Type locality: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa . Local synonymy : Rhinobatus blockii : Regan, 1908a: 242 (in part); Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 284 (in part); Smith, 1961a : non 64, pl. 3. Rhinobatus leucospilus : Norman, 1926: 966 , Fig. 18; Barnard, 1927: 1014 ; Fowler, 1941: 313 ; Wallace, 1967b: 24 , figs. 10, 13. Rhinobatos blochii : Smith, 1949a : fig. 61 only (= A. leucospilus ). Rhinobatus annulatus : Smith, 1961a: 64 (in part), non pl. 3. Rhinobatos leucospilus : Compagno, 1986: 131 , fig. 27.5; Compagno et al ., 1989: 76 , pl.; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 78 . Acroteriobatus leucospilus : NPOA, 2013: 58 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146 ; Last et al ., 2016b: 465 ; Séret et al ., 2016a: 81 , fig. 10.3; Weigmann, 2016: 920 . South Africa voucher material : Syntypes : BMNH 1905.6 .8.12 (1), 1920.7.23.1 (1). Non-types: SAIAB 11142 , SAIAB 11143 , SAIAB 11159 , SAIAB 34588 , SAIAB 189087 . South African distribution : Central Transkei coast (EC) to northern KZN. Remarks : This species was thought to be endemic to South Africa , but its range now appears to extend to at least Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam , Tanzania . Records of this species from Madagascar are of a different species. Conservation status : EN (2019).