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 Urogymnus asperrimus ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ) Porcupine Ray Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 367 . Holotype : ZMB 7836 (dry skin, partial specimen). Type locality: Mumbai , India . Local synonymy : Urogymnus africanus : Smith, 1952a: 225 ; Smith, 1961a: 512 , fig. 82a: Smith, 1965: 512 , fig. 82a. Urogymnus asperrimus : Compagno & Heemstra, 1984: 3 ; Compagno, 1986: 141 , fig. 30.15; Compagno et al ., 1989: 110 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 117 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Last et al ., 2016h: 363 ; Last et al ., 2016i : 614 , fig. 25.85; Weigmann, 2016: 977 . South Africa voucher material : None known in South African museums. South African distribution : Along the KZN coast to the Mozambique border. Remarks : A very little known species in South Africa , it is wide-ranging throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific. Generally rare, but can be locally common at certain locations (e.g. in parts of Australia ). Conservation status : VU (2016).