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 Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) Whitetip Reef Shark Carcharias obesus R ̹ppell, 1837: 64, pl. 18 (fig. 2). Lectotype : SMF 3149 (stuffed); lectotype designation by Klausewitz (1960) . Type locality: Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , Red Sea. Local synonymy : Triaenodon obesus : Smith, 1953: 511 , fig. 13a; Bass et al. , 1975b: 24 , fig. 16; Compagno, 1984b: 536 , fig.; Bass et al ., 1986: 86 , fig. 9.35; Compagno, 1988a: 7 ; Compagno et al. , 1989: 64 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 321 , fig., pl. 53; Ebert et al. , 2013 a: 500, fig., pl. 64; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146 ; Weigmann, 2016: 863 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6269. South African distribution : Northern KZN. Remarks : A wide-ranging tropical inshore species of the Indian and Pacific oceans that occasionally occurs in waters of northern KZN. Conservation status : VU (2020).