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 Haploblepharus fuscus Smith, 1950 Brown Shyshark Haploblepharus fuscus Smith, 1950: 883 , fig. 2. Holotype : SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 21. Type locality: off East London , Eastern Cape Province , South Africa , 33°00'S , 27°55'E . Local synonymy : Haploblepharus edwardsii : G̹nther, 1870: 401 (in part); Smith, 1949a: 54 , fig. 39 (= H. fuscus ). Haploblepharus fuscus : Smith, 1950: 883 , fig. 2; Smith, 1965: 54 , fig. 39; Bass et al ., 1975a: 19 , fig. 12; Springer, 1979: 89 ; Compagno, 1984b: 334 , fig.; Bass, 1986: 92 , fig. 11.9, pl. 3; Compagno, 1988a: 151 ; Compagno et al ., 1989: 50 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 235 , fig., pl. 40; Human & Compagno, 2006: 41 ; Human, 2007: 22 , fig. 7; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 354, fig., pl. 48; NPOA, 2013: 46 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 248 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Weigmann, 2016: 876 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 21. Non-types : SAIAB [formerly ORI ] 2477, SAIAB [formerly ORI ] 2595, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 3700, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 3701, SAIAB 6079 [formerly ORI 2470 ], SAIAB 6081 [formerly ORI 2487 ), SAIAB 6082 [formerly ORI 2471 ], SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 7617, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 10289, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 12826, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 13144, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 14005, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 19993, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 25182, SAIAB [formerly RUSI ] 41963, SAM 32523, SAM 32614. See Human (2007) for details. South African distribution : Endemic. The species occurs from just west of Cape Agulhas (WC) to Hibberdene , southern KZN, although it is most common from Storms River to East London (EC). It is less common to the west between Cape Agulhas and Storms River , with one anomalous specimen recorded from Langebaan Lagoon (SAM 32614) on the west coast. East London (EC) appears to be the eastern limits for the species, although Bass et al . (1975) reported two specimens from southern KZN ( ORI 2595 ). Similar to other Haploblepharus species, improved species-specific identification will help in determining the distributional limits of this South African endemic . Remarks : Knysna (EC) is also frequently listed as a type location, but this second specimen, a possible ‘paratype’ according to Human (2007) appears to never have been catalogued despite a search of the SAIAB collection. Both Bass et al . (1975a) and Springer (1979) refer to the two specimens described by Smith (1950) but make no mention of a paratype . One of us (D.A. Ebert) along with L.J.V. Compagno also searched the J.L.B. Smith (= SAIAB) collection (ca. 1988–89) and could not locate this second specimen. Conservation status : VU (2020).