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 Echinorhinus brucus Bonnaterre, 1788 Bramble Shark Squalus brucus Bonnaterre, 1788: 11 . Holotype : lost. Type locality: “L’Ocean” ( North Atlantic ). Local synonymy : Echinorhinus obesus : Smith, 1849 : pl. 1 (original description, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa ). Echinorhinus spinosus : Duméril, 1865: 459 ; Gilchrist, 1902: 166 ; Thompson, 1914: 151 ; Barnard, 1925: 46 , fig. 6, pl. 2; Barnard, 1947: 16 , fig. 3, pl. 3. Echinorhinus brucus : Smith, 1949a: 56 , fig. 44; Smith, 1965: 56 , fig. 44; Bass et al. , 1976: 51 , fig. 36, pl. 11; Compagno, 1984a: 26 , fig.; Bass & Compagno, 1986: 63 , fig. 6.1; Compagno et al ., 1989: 20 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 54 ; Compagno, 1999: 114 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 70 , fig., pl. 5; Ebert, 2013: 49 , fig. 46; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 72, fig., pl. 2; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 18 , fig.; Ebert, 2015: 52 , fig. 50; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 16 , fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144 ; Compagno, 2016: 1152 ; Weigmann, 2016: 888 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6254 [former ORI 936]. South Africa distribution : The west coast from the Orange River (NC) to KZN border with Mozambique. Remarks : Although this is considered a deep-sea species it is caught occasionally in relatively shallow water, less than 50 m deep, and occasionally off beaches by rock and surf anglers along the west coast during the winter ( Compagno et al ., 1989 ). Conservation status : EN (2020).