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

TABLE 2. Biodiversity of South African Chondrichthyans by order, family, genera, and species. Global numbers in parenthesis as of June 2020 from personal database maintained by D.A. Ebert.

		South African Chondrichthyans Number of Number of
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Order	Family	Genera	Species
Sharks Hexanchiformes	Chlamydoselachidae Hexanchidae	1 (1) 3 (3)	1 (2) 4 (5)
Echinorhiniformes	Echinorhinidae	1 (1)	1 (2)
Squaliformes	Squalidae Centrophoridae Etmopteridae Somniosidae Oxynotidae Dalatiidae	2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (4) 5 (6) 1 (1) 6 (7)	6 (34) 9 (16) 8 (52) 6 (17) 1 (5) 6 (10)
Pristiophoriformes	Pristiophoridae	1 (2)	1 (10)
Squatiniformes	Squatinidae	1 (1)	1 (22)
Heterodontiformes	Heterodontidae	0 (1)	0 (9)
Orectolobiformes	Parascyllidae Brachaeluridae Orectolobidae Hemiscyllidae Ginglymostomatidae Stegostomatidae Rhincodontidae	0 (2) 0 (1) 0 (3) 0 (2) 1 (3) 1 (1) 1 (1)	0 (8) 0 (2) 0 (12) 0 (17) 1 (4) 1 (1) 1 (1)
Lamniformes	Mitsukurinidae Carchariidae Odontaspididae Pseudocarchariidae Megachasmidae Alopiidae Cetorhinidae Lamnidae	1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 3 (3)	1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (2) 1 (1) 1 (1) 3 (3) 1 (1) 4 (5)
Carcharhiniformes	Pentanchidae Scyliorhinidae Proscyllidae Pseudotriakidae Leptochariidae	7 (11) 3 (7) 1 (3) 0 (3) 0 (1)	13 (111) 4 (50) 1 (6) 0 (4) 0 (1)
Order	Family	Genera	Species
	Triakidae Hemigaleidae Carcharhinidae Galeocerdidae Sphyrnidae	5 (9) 2 (4) 6 (11) 1 (1) 1 (2)	7 (47) 2 (8) 20 (56) 1 (1) 3 (9)
Batoids Torpediniformes	Platyrhinidae Narcinidae Narkidae Hypnidae Torpedinidae	0 (2) 0 (5) 3 (5) 0 (1) 2 (2)	0 (5) 0 (33) 3 (9) 0 (1) 3 (20)
Rhinopristiformes	Pristidae Rhinidae Rhinobatidae Glaucostegidae Trygonorrhinidae	1 (2) 2 (3) 2 (3) 0 (1) 0 (3)	2 (5) 2 (10) 6 (35) 0 (6) 0 (8)
Rajiformes	Arhynchobatidae Rajidae Anacanthobatidae Gurgesiellidae	1 (13) 8 (17) 1 (5) 1 (3)	1 (105) 21 (157) 1 (14) 3 (19)
Myliobatiformes	Hexatrygonidae Plesiobatidae Dasyatidae Gymnuridae Aetobatidae Myliobatidae Rhinopteridae Mobulidae Potamotrygonidae Urolophidae Urotrygonidae Zanobatidae	1 (1) 1 (1) 12 (19) 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (2) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (5) 0 (3) 0 (2) 0 (1)	1 (1) 1 (1) 15 (97) 1 (12) 1 (5) 3 (18) 1 (10) 7 (9) 0 (38) 0 (28) 0 (17) 0 (2)
Chimaeras Chimaeriformes	Callorhinchidae Chimaeridae Rhinochimaeridae	1 (1) 2 (2) 2 (3)	1 (3) 4 (41) 3 (8)