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 Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) Velvet Dogfish Centrophorus squamulosus G̹nther, 1877: 433. Holotype : BMNH 1880.5 .1.1, Challenger station 232, off Inosima , Japan , 35°11'N , 139°28'E . Local synonymy : Scymnodon ? obscurus : Bass et al ., 1976: 35 . Scymnodon obscurus : Compagno, 1984a: 98 , fig. Centroscymnus obscurus : Bass et al ., 1986: 53 , fig. 5.7. Zameus squamulosus : Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986: 129 , fig. 3; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 121 , fig., pl. 11; Ebert, 2013: 101 , fig. 139; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 159, fig., pl. 14; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 43, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 91 , fig.; Ebert, 2015: 97 , fig. 114; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 37, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144 ; White et al ., 2015: 213 ; Compagno, 2016: 1199 , fig.; Weigmann, 2016: 901 . Scymnodon squamulosus : Compagno et al ., 1989: 32 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 66 ; Ebert et al ., 1992: 607 ; Compagno, 1999: 115 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6093, SAIAB 99105, SAIAB 99106. South Africa distribution : Entire coast from the Orange River (NC) to northern KZN. Remarks : The first records of this species were found in the stomach of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) harpooned off Durban in 1971, which had four partially digested Z. squamulosus ( Bass et al ., 1976 ) . Conservation status : LC (2020).