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Asbury, TA., Bennett, R., Price, AS., da Silva, C., Bürgener, M., Klein, JD., Maduna, SN., Sidat, N., Fernando, S. & AE Bester-van der Merwe. 2021. Application of DNA minibarcoding reveals illegal trade in endangered shark products in southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(4), 511-520. DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1996459.
Cortelezzi, P., Paulet, T.G., Olbers, J.M, Harris, JM. & A. Bernard, 2022. Conservation Benefits of a Marine Protected Area on South African Chondrichthyans. Journal of Environmental Management, 319: 115691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115691.
Daly, R., Jordaan, GL., Parker, D., Cliff, G., Nkabi, N., Kyle, R., Fennessy, S.T. & Mann, B.Q. 2022. Movement patterns and catch trends of the diamond ray Gymnura natalensis (Dasyatidae) in South African waters. African Journal of Marine Science, 44 (1): 35–48. DOI:10.2989/1814232X.2022.2032826.
Daly, R., Le Noury, P., Hempson, T.N., Ziembicki, M., Olbers, J.M., Brokensha, G.M. & B.Q. Mann. 2021. Bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, recruitment into the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa, after prolonged mouth closure, and the first observation of a neonate bull shark preyed on by a Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. African Journal of Marine Science, , 43(3): 417-421. DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.196459
Ebert, D.A., Wintner, S.P., Kyne, P.M. 2021. An annotated checklist of the Chondrichthyans of South Africa. Zootaxa 4947: 1-127.
Ebert, D.A., Leslie, R., Weigmann, S. 2021. Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade. Marine Biodiversity 51(53): 17.
Weigmann, S., Ebert, D.A., Seret, B. Weigmann, S. 2021. Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae). Marine Biodiversity 51(58): 30.
William, T., White, W.T., Guallart, J., Ebert, D.A., Naylor, G.J.P., Veríssimo, A. Cotton, C.F., Harris, M., Serena, F., and S.P. Iglésias, 2022. Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3—Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its complicated nomenclatural history. Zootaxa 5155 (1): 001–051.

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Shark and Ray Systematic Conservation Plan

Each of these maps show the distribution of a different shark or ray species that occurs in South African waters. The distribution has been modelled using data from many collaborators across the country and internationally, as well as from public data repositories. Each distribution is restricted to South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which goes out for 200nm (~370km) from the coastline.

The resolution of these distribution maps is 10 x 10 km. This means that the EEZ has been divided into 10km 2 grid cells and each grid cell has been assigned a value between 0 and 1 which represents a scale of the probability of occurrence for the given species in that specific grid cell. A value of 0 (purple) indicates a very unlikely probability of the species occurring in that area whilst a probability of 1 (yellow) indicates a very strong probability of the species occurring in the area.

Overlaid on top of each map is an outline of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) range for that species (when available).

These modelling methods are described in the WILDOCEANS Conservation Plan Report (under Reports Tab)

Shark and Ray Conservation Plan Report:

Faure Beaulieu, N., Lombard, A., Olbers, J.M., Goodall, V. and J.M. Harris. 2022. A systematic conservation Plan for sharks and rays in South Africa. WILDTRUST Unpublished Report number 3. 76pp. [download].

Distribution Maps for South African Sharks and Rays:

Faure Beaulieu, N. and V. Goodall. 2022. Distribution Maps for sharks and rays found in South African Waters, In: Faure Beaulieu, N., Lombard, A., Olbers, J.M., Goodall, V. and J.M. Harris. 2022. A systematic conservation Plan for sharks and rays in South Africa. WILDTRUST Unpublished Report number 3. 76pp. [download].

Sharks & Rays of South Africa – a species database [download]

To Cite this database:

Cliff, G. 2022. South African Shark and Ray Species Database. WILDTRUST, Shark Attack Campaign, Link. Accessed on [date].

Sharks & Rays of South Africa – a bibliography [download]

This document comprises a list of shark and ray literature relevant to South Africa. It was originally created by Dr Alison Kock (SANParks) and later was refined and updated during the WILDTRUST’s Shark and Ray protection project, funded by Shark Conservation Fund (2019-2022).

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