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 Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990 Paddlenose Chimaera Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990: 206 , figs. 2–5. Holotype : SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27744. Type locality: West of Doring Bay , Western Cape , South Africa , 31°59.8'S , 15°56.2'E . Local synonymy : Rhinochimaera atlantica : Penrith, 1969: 66 (in part); Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part, South Africa : off Atlantic side of Agulhas Bank (WC) and off Kosi Bay (KZN); Compagno, 1986: 146 (in part, KZN). Rhinochimaera pacifica : Shcherbachev et al ., 1982: 28 (in part, records from Shcherbachev 1978 from Agulhas Bank and Kosi Bay). Rhinochimaera sp.: Compagno et al ., 1989: 122 , pl. Rhinochimaera africana : Compagno et al ., 1990: 206 , figs. 2–5; Compagno et al ., 1991: 115 ; Compagno, 1999: 120 ; Didier et al ., 2012: 100 ; Ebert, 2014: 104 , fig. 167; Ebert, 2015: 204 , fig. 234; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148 ; Weigmann, 2016: 1005 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : SAIAB 27744 . Paratypes , (4): SAM 23123 , ZMMU P 14392, ZIL 48699, ISH 1 / 90 (ex ZMMU P 14393) . South African distribution : Scattered records off Doring Bay (WC) to Kosi Bay (KZN), but likely to occur off the entire South African coast. Remarks : The species had been misidentified with R. atlantica until Compagno et al . (1990) recognized it as distinct. Records of R. atlantica from off Kosi Bay are actually R. africana . Conservation status : DD (2016).