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 Squatina africana Regan, 1908a African Angelshark Squatina africana Regan, 1908a: 248 , pl. 38. Holotype : BMNH 1906.11 .19.21, male, 800 mm TL. Type locality: Durban Bay , KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa , southwestern Indian Ocean. Local synonymy : Squatina africana : Regan, 1908a: 248 , pl. 38; Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 284 ; Barnard, 1925: 54 , fig. 5, pl. 3; Smith, 1949a: 61 , fig. 55, pl. 3; Smith, 1965: 6 , fig. 55, pl. 3; Bass et al ., 1975d: 21 ; Compagno, 1984a: 141 , fig.; Bass, 1986: 107 , fig. 21.2; Compagno et al ., 1989: 36 , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 115 ; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 138 , fig., pl. 17; Ebert, 2013: 131 , fig. 169; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 190, fig., pl. 20; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 10, fig.; NPOA, 2013: 51 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 248 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145 ; Weigmann, 2016: 905 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : BMNH 1906.11 .19.21. Non-types: SAIAB 6221 , SAIAB 6222 , SAIAB 6223 , SAIAB 6224 , SAIAB 7082 , SAIAB 8532 , SAIAB 11458 , SAIAB 26960 , SAIAB 27583 , SAIAB 48523 , SAIAB 53275 , SAIAB 99189 , SAIAB 188976 , SAIAB 188977 . South Africa distribution : Mostly from Algoa Bay (EC) to northern KZN, but occasionally west to Mossel Bay and Knysna (WC). Remarks : A common species off KZN, but it is uncommon to rare off Mozambique , Tanzania , and Madagascar . Records from off Somalia , Socotra Island ( Yemen ), and Mauritius ( Fricke, 1999a ) should be carefully examined to determine if this is the same or a different species. A single specimen landed at a fishing port in India ( Ambily et al. , 2018 ) is likely to have originated in African waters given that fishing vessels fish widely in the Indian Ocean. Conservation status : NT (2019).