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 Mobula alfredi ( Krefft, 1868 ) Reef Manta Ray Deratoptera alfredi Krefft, 1868: 3–9 , fig. Holotype : AMS I.1731 (stuffed). Type locality: Watson Bay , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . Local synonymy : Manta alfredi : Marshall et al ., 2009: 13 , figs. 9–14; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 97 , fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148 ; Weigmann, 2016: 981 . Mobula alfredi : White & Last, 2016c: 742 , fig. 33.1; Stevens et al ., 2018: 70 , figs. South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 7885. South African distribution : Durban (KZN) and north to the Mozambique border. Remarks : Formerly in the genus Manta , White et al . (2018) , using morphological and molecular data, concluded that there was no significant difference between the genera Manta and Mobula . Since Mobula is the older name and takes precendence, the two recognized species formerly in the genus Manta were reassigned to the genus Mobula ( White et al ., 2018 ) . Marshall et al. (2009) resurrected Mobula (= Manta ) alfredi as distinct from Mobula birostris . Prior to this species being resurrected, the name M. birostris was widely used throughout the WIO, with historical records likely including both species. Conservation status : VU (2019).