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 Hexanchus griseus ( Bonnaterre, 1788 ) Bluntnose Sixgill Shark Squalus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788: 9 . Types : unknown according to Boeseman in Hureau & Monod (1973) . Type locality: “La Méditerranée” [= Mediterranean Sea]. Local synonymy : Hexanchus griseus : Norman, 1922: 319 ; Barnard, 1925: 22 ; Barnard, 1947: 9 ; Smith, 1949a: 38 , fig. 1; Bass et al. , 1975d: 8 , fig. 5, pl. 1; Compagno, 1984a: 19 , fig.; Bass et al ., 1986: 46 , fig. 2.2; Compagno et al. , 1989: 18 , pl.; Ebert, 1990: 45 , fig. 3.13; Compagno, et al ., 1991: 53; Ebert, 1994: 213 ; Compagno, 1999: 114 ; Ebert, 2002a: 359 ; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 51 , fig.; Compagno et al ., 2005 : 67 , fig., pl. 1; Barnett et al ., 2012: 967 ; Ebert, 2013: 42 , fig. 34; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 69, fig., pl. 1; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 9 , fig.; NPOA, 2013: 36 ; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 79 , fig.; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 ; Ebert, 2015: 44 , fig. 40; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 9 , fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144 ; Compagno, 2016: 1149 ; Weigmann, 2016: 887 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 6180 [former ORI 2598]. Ebert (1990 , 1994 , 2002a ) and Compagno et al . (1991) examined numerous South African specimens, several of which are now in the fish collection (uncatalogued) at SAM . South Africa distribution : Entire coast from the Orange River (NC) to northern KZN border with Mozambique. Remarks : Perhaps the most common species of large deep-sea shark, H. griseus also occurs close inshore, including Langebaan Lagoon, Saldanha Bay, and St. Helena Bay (WC). Conservation status : NT (2020).