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 Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810a Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810a: 12 , pl. 13, fig. 1. Also Rafinesque, 1810b: 45 . Holotype unknown. Type locality: Sicily , Mediterranean Sea. Local synonymy : Lamna glauca : M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 69 , pl. 29; G̹nther, 1870: 391 ( Cape seas); Gilchrist, 1902 164; Thompson, 1914: 145 . Isurus glaucus : M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 69 , pl. 29; Fowler, 1941: 104 ( Cape of Good Hope); Barnard, 1947: 10 , fig. 1, pl. 2; Smith, 1949a: 50 , pl. 1; Smith, 1957d: 94 , fig. 1; D’Aubrey, 1964a: 15 , pl. 3. Isurus glauca : Barnard, 1925: 33 ( Cape seas; not fig. 6, pl. 1, = Lamna nasus ). Isurus bideni : Phillipps, 1932: 227 , fig. 2 (original description, South Africa ); Fowler, 1941: 104 ; Barnard, 1948: 342 . Isurus oxyrinchus : Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948b: 124 ; Smith, 1957d: 94 , fig. 1; Smith, 1958a: 134 , fig. 2; Smith, 1965: 511 , fig. 28a; Bass et al ., 1975c: 27 , figs. 13–14, pl. 2; Compagno, 1984a: 242 , fig.; Bass, 1986: 99 , fig. 14.2, pl. 1; Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 11 ; Compagno et al. , 1989: 44 , pl.; Compagno et al. , 1991: 74 ; Compagno, 1999: 118 ; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 71 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 182 , fig., pl. 30; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 230, fig., pl. 28; Foulis & Groeneveld, 2013: 100; Mann, 2013: 100 ; NPOA, 2013: 49 ; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 49 , fig.; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145 ; Compagno, 2016: 1245 ; Weigmann, 2016: 850 . Isurus tigris : Smith, 1957d: 94 , fig. 1. Isurus tigris africanus : Smith, 1957d: 96 , fig. 1, pl. 1 (original description of subspecies); Smith, 1958a: 134 . Isurus africanus : Smith, 1958a: 134 ; Smith, 1965: 565 , pl. 108. South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 426, SAIAB 6014 [former ORI 2418], SAIAB 6916 [former ORI 92], SAIAB 6917 [former ORI 97], SAIAB 6918 [former ORI 101], SAIAB 6919 [former ORI 272], SAIAB 6920 [former ORI 307], SAIAB 6921 [former ORI 329], SAIAB 6922 [former ORI 449], SAIAB 6923 [former ORI 240], SAIAB 12828, SAIAB 12999, SAIAB 25194, SAIAB 75571, SAIAB 200724, SAIAB 200726, SAIAB 200727, SAIAB 202983, SAIAB 203562. South African distribution : Occurs along the entire coast from the Orange River (NC) to the KZN border with Mozambique . Remarks : A common offshore, pelagic species in South African waters. Conservation status : EN (2019).