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 Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006b Honeycomb Izak Catshark Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006b: 36 , figs. 11–12. Holotype : SAIAB [RUSI] 6139. Type location: off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa , about 29°51'S , 31°00'E , southwestern Indian Ocean. Local synonymy : Holohalaelurus regani : Smith, 1949a: 60 (in part); Bass, 1973: 6 (in part); Bass et al. , 1975a: 25 (in part); Compagno, 1984b: 338 , fig. (in part); Bass, 1986: 93 (in part); Compagno, 1988a: 152 (in part); Compagno et al ., 1989: 54 , pl. (in part); Compagno, 1999: 98 , 119 (in part); Richardson et al ., 2000: 553 (in part). Holohalaelurus regani : Compagno et al. , 2005 : 237 , fig. (northeastern subspecies). Holohalaelurus favus : Human, 2006b: 36 , figs. 11–12; Human, 2010: 25 ; Ebert, 2013: 182 , fig. 244; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 358, fig., pl. 48; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 62, fig.; da Silva et al ., 2015: 248 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Weigmann, 2016: 877 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : SAIAB [former RUSI ] 6139. Paratype : SAIAB 6138 . South African distribution : From Durban to the KZN border with Mozambique . Remarks : A near endemic with a very limited range of about five degrees latitude from about off Durban (KZN) to just northeast of Maputo , Mozambique ( Human, 2006b ). This species is of serious conservation concern since a single record from 2007 represents the only contemporary record despite its range being subject to surveys ( Pollom et al. , 2020 ). Conservation status : EN (2020).