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 1. Top 30 regions/countries with high biodiversity of sharks, batoids, and chimaeras. Where the number of species does not match the reference cited these have been updated from a personal database maintained by D.A. Ebert (June 2020). Personal communications affiliations can be found in the Acknowledgements. All pers. comm. are June 2020.

Country or Region	Total	Sharks	Batoids	Chimaeras	Source
TABLE 1. Top 30 regions/countries with high biodiversity of sharks, batoids, and chimaeras. Where the number of species does not match the reference cited these have been updated from a personal database maintained by D.A. Ebert (June 2020). Personal communications affiliations can be found in the Acknowledgements. All pers. comm. are June 2020.
1 Arabian Sea includes the Arabian/Persian Gulf, but excludes the Red Sea 2 Northeast Atlantic includes European States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. 3 Northwest Atlantic includes the Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States. 4 Northeast Pacific includes the Pacific coast of Canada and the United States.
Australia	329	183	132	14	Last & Stevens, 2009; W.T. White, pers. comm.
Indonesia	221	116	94	11	Fahmi, pers. comm.
Japan	212	126	75	11	Nakaboo, 2013
Brazil	210	101	102	7	O. Gadig, pers. comm.
South Africa	191	111	72	8	Ebert & van Hees, 2015; present study
Thailand	185	87	93	5	T. Krajangdara, pers. comm.
Taiwan	183	121	58	4	Ebert et al., 2013c, d; D.A. Ebert, pers. database
India	170	88	78	4	K.V. Akhilesh & K.K. Bineesh, pers. comm.
Philippines	166	96	67	3	Alava et al., 2014
Arabian Sea1	144	73	69	2	Jabado & Ebert, 2015; Jabado et al., 2017
Myanmar	143	70	70	3	Psomadakis et al., 2019
Northeast Atlantic2	134	71	53	10	Ebert & Stehmann, 2013; Ebert & Dando, 2020
Papua New Guinea	132	79	51	2	White & Ko’ou, 2018
Mexico (Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean coast)	125	75	47	3	Del Moral-Flores et al., 2015; Ehemann et al., 2018
Sri Lanka	124	69	54	1	Ebert et al., 2017
Mexico (Pacific coast)	123	63	55	5	Saldaña-Ruiz et al., 2019
Mozambique	122	70	50	2	Ebert & van Hees, 2015; R. Bennett & D. van Beuningen, pers. comm.
Borneo	118	52	65	1	Last et al., 2010
Madagascar	116	79	35	2	Fricke et al., 2018; R. Bennett & D. van Beuningen, pers. comm.
New Zealand	113	75	26	12	Roberts et al., 2019
Argentina	110	55	53	2	Ebert et al., 2017
Peru	110	66	38	6	Cornejo et al., 2015; Ebert, 2016
Chile	107	59	43	5	Bustamante et al., 2014; Ebert, 2016; F. Concha, pers. comm.
Ecuador	106	59	41	6	Ebert, 2016; Ebert et al., 2017
Mediterranean	88	49	37	2	Serena, 2005; Ebert & Dando, 2020
Tanzania	86	49	36	1	R. Bennett & D. van Beuningen, pers. comm.
Northwest Atlantic3	83	54	23	6	Ebert & Stehmann, 2013
Kenya	77	44	32	1	Anam & Mostarda, 2012; R. Bennett & D. van Beuningen, pers. comm.
Northeast Pacific4	77	43	30	4	Ebert et al., 2017
Red Sea	77	44	33	0	Bonfil & Abdallah, 2004; Golani & Fricke, 2015