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 Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959 African Sawtail Catshark Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959: 396 , figs. 1–4, 7–18. Syntypes : (17, plus young) MNHN 1959-0044 ; MNHN 1959- 0045 . Type locality: off Senegal , West Africa . Local synonymy : Galeus polli : Compagno et al ., 2005 : 299 , fig., pl. 37; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 345, fig., pl. 45; Ebert, 2015: 148 , fig. 163; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 47, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Compagno, 2016: 1265 , fig.; Weigmann, 2016: 875 . South Africa voucher material : Uncatalogued specimens at SAM from the Northern Cape Province , west coast of South Africa . South African distribution : Known from a few specimens collected during research survey cruises south of the Orange River, off the NC, west coast of South Africa ( Ebert, 2015 ). Remarks : The species is most common from about central Namibia northwards, but is less common south of L̹deritz, Namibia , where it is replaced by Holohalaelurus regani and Scyliorhinus capensis ( Compagno et al ., 1991 ; Ebert, 2015 ). Conservation status : LC (2004).