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 Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 Hardnose Houndshark Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899: 8 , pl. 7 (fig. 3 + a–d). Syntypes : ZMB 4501 (1). Type locality: Red Sea . Local synonymy : Mustelus mosis : Bass et al ., 1986: 82 , fig. 9.26; Compagno, 1988a: 223 ; Compagno et al ., 1989: 58 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119 ; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 64 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 275 , fig., pl. 48; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 421, fig., pl. 58; NPOA, 2013: 44 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 248 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145 ; Weigmann, 2016: 885 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6229, SAIAB 7979, SAIAB 9499, SAIAB 10739, SAIAB 19387. South African distribution : KZN from about Durban to the border with Mozambique . Remarks : Van der Elst (1981) tentatively identified this species as Mustelus canis (non Mitchill), a western North Atlantic species, but Bass et al . (1986) subsequently identified it as M. mosis . Although its range in South African waters is only from about Durban north to Kosi Bay , it appears to have a very large regional range, occurring into the northern Indian Ocean (assuming it is the same species). A detailed revision of the WIO Mustelus is needed to clarify the status of this and other species in the region. Conservation status : NT (2019).