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 Halaelurus natalensis ( Regan, 1904 ) Tiger Catshark Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904: 128 . Syntypes : ( 2 specimens ) BMNH 1904.6 .28.29 (1). Type locality: KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . Local synonymy : Scyllium natalense : Regan, 1904: 128 . Scyliorhinus natalensis : Regan, 1908a: 241 ; Regan, 1908b: 461 ; Fowler, 1936 a: 361. Scylliorhinus natalensis : Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911: 55 ; Thompson, 1914: 138 ; Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 283 ; Gilchrist, 1921: 56 ; Gilchrist, 1922b: 44 (in part with H. lineatus ?); von Bonde, 1923: 4 (in part with H. lineatus ?); Barnard, 1925: 43 ; von Bonde, 1934: 15 ; Barnard, 1947: 16 . Halaelurus natalensis : Garman, 1913: 84 ; Fowler, 1941: 45 ; Smith, 1949a: 54 , pl. 2; Smith, 1965: 54 , pl. 2; Springer & D’Aubrey, 1972: 3; Bass et al ., 1975a: 14 , figs. 9, 20f; Springer, 1979: 83 , figs. 48–50; Compagno, 1984b: 330 , fig.; Bass, 1986: 91 , fig. 11.7, pl. 3; Compagno, 1988a: 147 ; Compagno et al ., 1989: 52 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 78 ; Compagno, 1999: 119 ; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 66 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 233 , fig., pl. 39; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 352, fig., pl. 47; NPOA, 2013: 45 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 248 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Weigmann, 2016: 876 . South Africa voucher material : Syntypes : BMNH 1904.6 .28.29 ( 2 specimens ). Non-types: SAIAB 6154 , SAIAB 6155 , SAIAB 6156 , SAIAB 6157 , SAIAB 6158 , SAIAB 6159 , SAIAB 6363 , SAIAB 6859 , SAIAB 6860 , SAIAB 6861 , SAIAB 6862 , SAIAB 6863 , SAIAB 6864 , SAIAB 6865 , SAIAB 6866 , SAIAB 6867 , SAIAB 6868 , SAIAB 6869 , SAIAB 6870 , SAIAB 6871 , SAIAB 6872 , SAIAB 6873 , SAIAB 6874 , SAIAB 6875 , SAIAB 6876 , SAIAB 6877 , SAIAB 6878 , SAIAB 6879 , SAIAB 6880 , SAIAB 6881 , SAIAB 6882 , SAIAB 6883 , SAIAB 6884 , SAIAB 6885 , SAIAB 6886 , SAIAB 6887 , SAIAB 7559 , SAIAB 7618 , SAIAB 7619 , SAIAB 7620 , SAIAB 7621 , SAIAB 7622 , SAIAB 7623 , SAIAB 7624 , SAIAB 7834 , SAIAB 8264 . South African distribution : Endemic. Cape Point (WC) to East London (EC), but may possibly extend to Saldanha Bay (WC) in the west and eastwards to KZN. Remarks : The species is most common off the southern and eastern Cape coasts, but records for extreme locations on the west and east coasts require confirmation. Conservation status : VU (2020).