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 Cephaloscyllium sufflans ( Regan, 1921 ) Balloon Shark Scyliorhinus ( Cephaloscyllium ) sufflans Regan, 1921: 413 . Holotype (unique): BMNH 1921.3 .1.2. Type locality: About 24–35 kilometers off Umvoti River , KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa , southwestern Indian Ocean. Local synonymy : Scylliorhinus sufflans : Regan, 1921: 413 ; Gilchrist, 1922b: 46 ; Barnard, 1925: 41 ; Barnard, 1947: 16 . Cephaloscyllium sufflans : Fowler, 1936: 362 , figs. 2–3 ; Fowler, 1941: 33 ; Smith, 1949a: 52 , fig. 34; Smith, 1965: 52 , fig. 34; Bass et al ., 1975a : Springer, 1979: 29 ; Compagno, 1984b: 302 , fig.; Bass, 1986: 89 , fig. 11.3; Compagno, 1988a: 113 ; Compagno et al ., 1989: 46 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 218 , fig., pl. 36; Ebert, 2013: 174 , fig. 228; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 331, fig., pl. 43; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 61 , fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Weigmann, 2016: 874 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : BMNH 1921.3 .1.2. South African distribution : From off Durban to the KZN border with Mozambique . Remarks : This species was recently recorded from Madagascar ( Fricke et al ., 2018 ). Also, a 48 cm TL species was once found in the stomach of a coelacanth from the Comoro Islands ( Heemstra et al ., 2006 ). Records from the Gulf of Aden are dubious. Conservation status : NT (2020).