List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in South Africa



This is a list of CHONDRICHTHYES in South Africa according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Haploblepharus edwardsii Happy Eddie 39345 NT
Haploblepharus fuscus Brown Shyshark 39346 VU
Poroderma africanum Pyjama Shark 39348 NT
Scylliogaleus quecketti Flapnose Houndshark 39360 VU
Amblyraja robertsi Bigmouth Skate 161322 LC
Cruriraja durbanensis Smoothnose Pygmy Skate 161341 DD
Dipturus pullopunctatus Slime Skate 44609 LC
Neoraja stehmanni South African Dwarf Skate 44615 DD
Electrolux addisoni Ornate Sleeper Ray 161428 CR
Poroderma pantherinum Leopard Catshark 161515 DD
Paragaleus leucolomatus Whitetip Weasel Shark 161639 DD
Haploblepharus kistnasamyi Natal Shyshark 161667 CR
Leucoraja compagnoi Tigertail Skate 161704 DD

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)