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 Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 Goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898: 200 , pls. 11–12. Holotype : ZMUT, uncat. [lost]. Local synonymy : Scapanorhynchus owstoni : Bass et al ., 1975c: 18 , fig. 8, pl. 7 ; Piotrovskiy & Prut’ko, 1980: 124 . Mitsukurina owstoni : Compagno, 1984a: 223 , fig.; Bass & Compagno, 1986: 103 , fig. 17.1; Compagno et al ., 1989: 40 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 73 ; Compagno, 1999: 118 ; Compagno, 2001: 69 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 178 , fig., pl. 27; Ebert, 2013: 149 , fig. 184; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 216, fig., pl. 25; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 13, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 126 , fig. 138; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 11, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145 ; Compagno, 2016: 1227 ; Weigmann, 2016: 851 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6206 [former ORI 2348]. At least four other specimens caught off the east coast (EC and KZN) were either discarded or lost in transit. South African distribution : West of Cape Town (WC) to off Port Shepstone (KZN) . Remarks : South African records include a single specimen west of Cape Town (WC), two from off the Transkei coast (EC), and two from off Port Shepstone, KZN. The species is likely wide-ranging in deep water, along the upper continental slope around South Africa . A couple additional specimens were caught along the Madagascar Ridge east of South Africa . Conservation status : LC (2018).