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 Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839 ) Spottail Shark Carcharias ( Prionodon ) sorrah Valenciennes in M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 45 , pl. 16. Lectotype : RMNH 4294 , Type locality: Java , Indonesia . Local synonymy : Carcharhinus sorrah : Bass et al. , 1973: 72 , fig. 29; Garrick, 1982: 165 , figs. 75–77; Compagno, 1984b: 500 , fig.; Bass et al ., 1986: 77 , fig. 9.17; Compagno, 1988a: 291 ; Compagno et al. , 1989: 68 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 306 , fig., pl. 59; Ebert et al. , 2013 a: 475, fig., pl. 72; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146 ; Weigmann, 2016: 859 . South Africa voucher material : None. South African distribution : Northern KZN. Remarks : Common in parts of its wide Indo-West Pacific range, but rare in East Africa with only a couple records from Sodwana Bay and northern KZN. Conservation status : NT (2009).