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 Heteronarce garmani Regan, 1921 Natal Electric Ray Heteronarce garmani Regan, 1921: 414 . Holotype (unique): BMNH 1921.3 .1.3. Type locality: 15–20 miles off Umvoti River , KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . Local synonymy : Heteronarce garmani : Regan, 1921: 414 ; Gilchrist, 1922b: 50 ; von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 14 ; Barnard, 1925: 92 ; Fowler, 1925b: 193 ; Barnard, 1927: 1016 ; Smith, 1949a: 74 , fig. 90; Smith, 1964: 291 , pl. 29a; Smith, 1965: 74 , fig. 90; Wallace, 1967a: 55 , fig. 28; Compagno, 1986: 113 , fig. 24.1; Compagno et al ., 1989: 82 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 116 ; Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 43 ; NPOA, 2013: 52 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146 ; de Carvalho, 2016: 175 , fig. 16.3; Weigmann, 2016: 912 . Heteronarce regani von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 14 , fig. 2, pl. 22 (original descrption). Narcine natalensis Fowler, 1925a: 198 , fig. 2 (original description). Narcine garmani Fowler, 1925b: 193 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : BMNH 1921.3 .1.3. Non-types: SAIAB 16568 , SAIAB 10439 [former ORI B 834 ]. South African distribution : Algoa Bay (EC) to northern KZN. Remarks : A very rare, small, regionally endemic electric ray known only from the east coast of South Africa , Mozambique and Madagascar . Conservation status : NT (2020).