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 Apristurus microps ( Gilchrist, 1922b ) Smalleye Catshark Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922b: 46 , fig. 1, pl. 7 . Holotype : lost (additional material, possible syntype : 1, lost). Type locality: off Cape Town , Western Cape Province , South Africa , southeastern Atlantic , 33°45.8'S , 17°17.1'E , S.S. Pickle station 253, depth 1446 m . Local synonymy : Scylliorhinus microps : Gilchrist, 1922b: 46 , fig. 1, pl. 7 ; Barnard, 1925: 41 . Pentanchus microps : Fowler, 1941: 61 ; Smith, 1949a: 54 , fig. 41; Smith, 1965: 54 , fig. 41. Apristurus microps : Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948b: 221 ; Bass et al ., 1975a: 7 ; Springer, 1979: 23 ; Compagno, 1984b: 275 , fig.; Bass, 1986: 88 , fig. 11.1; Compagno, 1988a: 170 ; Compagno et al ., 1989: 46 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 75 ; Ebert et al ., 1996: 234 ; Compagno, 1999: 119 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 196 , fig., pl. 31; Ebert et al ., 2006: 1056 , fig. 3c; Flammang et al ., 2007: 308 ; Ebert, 2013: 169 , fig. 218; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 295, fig., pl. 36; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 53, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 144 , fig. 157; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 44, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Weigmann, 2016: 868 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 26318, SAIAB 26319, SAIAB 26320, SAIAB 27439. South African distribution : The Orange River (NC) to at least Cape Agulhas, and possibly to Algoa Bay (EC) . Remarks : Apristurus microps was described from South Africa , and is also known from the North Atlantic, but appears to have a disjunct population since there are no confirmed records of this species between the Orange River (NC), South Africa and European Atlantic waters between Scotland and Iceland . Conservation status : LC (2019).