Carcharhinus brevipinna

Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) Spinner Shark Carcharias brevipinna M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 31, pl. 9. Holotype: RMNH D2525 (mounted skin), 785 mm TL, Java, Indonesia. Local synonymy: Carcharhinus johnsoni: Smith, 1951: 88, figs. 1–2 (original description, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province); Smith, 1952b: 857; Smith, 1952c: 760; Smith, 1952e: 22, fig. 3; Smith, 1953: 41, pl. 104; Smith & Smith, 1966: 20, fig. 5a. Carcharnidus johnsoni: Smith, 1958c: 17. Carcharhinus maculipinnis: Davies, 1963: 24; Davies, 1964: 34. Carcharhinus maculipinnis: D’Aubrey, 1964a: 44, pl. 25; Davies & Joubert, 1966: 3, fig. 2; Davies & Joubert, 1967: 115, fig. 7–2; Garrick, 1967: 88. Carcharhinus brevipinna: Bass et al., 1973: 26, fig. 9; Compagno, 1984b: 466, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 71, fig. 9.6, pl. 2; Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 19; Compagno, 1988a: 315; Compagno et al., 1989: 66, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 58; Compagno et al., 2005: 293, fig., pl. 57; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 462, fig., pl. 66; NPOA, 2013: 40; da Silva et al., 2015: 246; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Compagno, 2016: 1301; Weigmann, 2016: 855. South Africa voucher material: SAIAB [former RUSI] 422 (Holotype of C. johnsoni), SAIAB [former ORI] 430 (Paratype of C. johnsoni). SAIAB [former RUSI] 427, SAIAB 6169 [ex ORI 2024], SAIAB 6170 [ex ORI 1009], SAIAB 6171 [ex ORI 957], SAIAB 6172 [ex ORI 1926], SAIAB 12992, SAIAB 25351, SAIAB 26878, SAIAB 201700. South African distribution: Mossel Bay (WC) to KZN border with Mozambique. Remarks: Smith (1951) described this shark as a new species (C. johnsoni) from South Africa noting that it was similar to the western North Atlantic C. maculipinnis, but considered them to be different species. D’Aubrey (1964a) considered it as a junior synonym of C. maculipinnis, but Bass et al. (1973) reviewed the issue and concluded that these various names were all synonymous with C. brevipinna. Conservation status: VU (2020).Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/461456