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 Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839 ) Spinner Shark Carcharias brevipinna M̹ller & Henle, 1839 : 31 , pl. 9. Holotype : RMNH D2525 (mounted skin), 785 mm TL, Java , Indonesia . Local synonymy : Carcharhinus johnsoni : Smith, 1951: 88 , figs. 1–2 (original description, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province ); Smith, 1952b: 857 ; Smith, 1952c: 760 ; Smith, 1952e: 22 , fig. 3; Smith, 1953: 41 , pl. 104; Smith & Smith, 1966: 20 , fig. 5a. Carcharnidus johnsoni : Smith, 1958c: 17 . Carcharhinus maculipinnis : Davies, 1963: 24 ; Davies, 1964: 34 . Carcharhinus maculipinnis : D’Aubrey, 1964a: 44 , pl. 25; Davies & Joubert, 1966: 3 , fig. 2; Davies & Joubert, 1967: 115 , fig. 7–2; Garrick, 1967: 88 . Carcharhinus brevipinna : Bass et al. , 1973: 26 , fig. 9; Compagno, 1984b: 466 , fig.; Bass et al ., 1986: 71 , fig. 9.6, pl. 2; Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 19 ; Compagno, 1988a: 315 ; Compagno et al. , 1989: 66 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120 ; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 58 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 293 , fig., pl. 57; Ebert et al. , 2013 a: 462, fig., pl. 66; NPOA, 2013: 40 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 246 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146 ; Compagno, 2016: 1301 ; Weigmann, 2016: 855 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB [former RUSI ] 422 ( Holotype of C. johnsoni ), SAIAB [former ORI ] 430 ( Paratype of C. johnsoni ). SAIAB [former RUSI ] 427, SAIAB 6169 [ex ORI 2024 ], SAIAB 6170 [ex ORI 1009 ], SAIAB 6171 [ex ORI 957 ], SAIAB 6172 [ex ORI 1926 ], SAIAB 12992 , SAIAB 25351 , SAIAB 26878 , SAIAB 201700 . South African distribution : Mossel Bay (WC) to KZN border with Mozambique . Remarks : Smith (1951) described this shark as a new species ( C. johnsoni ) from South Africa noting that it was similar to the western North Atlantic C. maculipinnis , but considered them to be different species. D’Aubrey (1964a) considered it as a junior synonym of C. maculipinnis , but Bass et al . (1973) reviewed the issue and concluded that these various names were all synonymous with C. brevipinna . Conservation status : VU (2020).