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 Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1976 Thorny Lanternshark Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1976: 22 , figs. 15, 18a. Holotype : SAIAB 6201 [ex ORI 2369 ]. Type locality: near Bazaruto Island , southern Mozambique . Local synonymy : Etmopterus sentosus : Bass et al ., 1976: 22 , figs. 15, 18a; Compagno, 1984a: 64 , fig.; Bass et al ., 1986: 57 , fig. 5.15; Compagno et al ., 1989: 30 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 115 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 107 , fig., pl. 8.; Ebert, 2013: 82 , fig. 101; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 139, fig., pl. 11; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144 ; Weigmann, 2016: 897 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6200 [former ORI 1391]. South Africa distribution : Occurs from off Durban to northern KZN. Remarks : This distinctive lanternshark species appears to be common where it occurs, especially off southern Mozambique . Conservation status : LC (2019).