Acroteriobatus ocellatus
Description
Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman, 1926)
Speckled Guitarfish
Rhinobatus ocellatus Norman, 1926: 967, fig. 20. Holotype: BMNH 1906.11.19.26. Type locality: Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa.
Local synonymy: Rhinobatus columnae: Regan, 1908a: 242. Rhinobatus ocellatus: Norman, 1926: 967, fig. 20; Barnard, 1927: 1015; Fowler, 1941: 314; Wallace, 1967b: 22, fig. 12. Rhinobatos annulatus: Smith, 1949a: 64 (part), non pl. 3.; Smith, 1961a: 64 (part), non pl. 3; Smith, 1965: 64 (part), non pl. 3. Rhinobatos ocellatus: Compagno, 1986: 131, fig. 27.6; Compagno et al., 1989: 78, pl.; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 78. Acroteriobatus ocellatus: NPOA, 2013: 58; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Last et al., 2016b: 465; Séret et al., 2016a: 82, fig. 10.4; Weigmann, 2016: 920.
South Africa voucher material: Holotype: BMNH 1906.11.19.26. Non-types: SAIAB 11138, SAIAB 11141, SAIAB 13002.
South African distribution: Endemic. Bird Island, Algoa Bay (EC).
Remarks: Very little is known of this rare species. Its range is not well defined, and the map in Séret et al. (2016a) is inaccurate since the only verified specimens are from Algoa Bay. A detailed revision of the South African Acroteriobatus is required to clarify the status and validity of this species.
Conservation status: DD (2019).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH , BMNH, SAIAB
- Family
- Rhinobatidae
- Genus
- Acroteriobatus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BMNH 1906.11 , BMNH 1906.11, SAIAB 11138, SAIAB 11141, SAIAB 13002
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Norman
- Species
- ocellatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman, 1926) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Norman, J. R. (1926) A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1926 (4), 941 - 982. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1926. tb 02228. x
- Regan, C. T. (1908 a) A collection of fishes from the coasts of Natal, Zululand and Cape Colony. Annals of the Natal Government Museum, 1 (3), 241 - 255.
- Barnard, K. H. (1927) A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part II (Teleostei - Discocephali to end. Appendix). Annals of the South African Museum 21, 419 - 1065.
- Fowler, H. W. (1941) The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli, and Ostarophysi obtained by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries streamer " Albatross " in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Bulletin United States National Museum, 100, 1 - 879.
- Wallace, J. H. (1967 b) The batoid fishes of the east coast of southern Africa. Part I: sawfishes and guitarfishes. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 15, 1 - 32.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1961 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 4 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., Cape Town, 580 pp.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Pristidae, Narkidae, Rhinobatidae, Myliobatidae, Mobulidae, Dasyatidae, Chimaeridae, Rhinochimaeridae, Callorhinchidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 110 - 142, 144 - 147.
- Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.
- Heemstra, P. C. & Heemstra, E. (2004) Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, 488 pp.
- NPOA. (2013) National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (NPOA-Sharks). Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Rogge Bay, Cape Town, 63 pp.
- da Silva C., Booth, A. J., Dudley, S. F. J., Kerwath, S. E., Lamberth, S. J., Leslie, R. W., McCord, M. E., Sauer, W. H. H. & Zweig, T. (2015) A description and updated overview of the status and management of South Africa's chondrichthyan fisheries. South African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 233 - 248. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1044471
- Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the " Lost Sharks " of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730
- Last, P. R., Seret, B. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2016 b) A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa, 4117 (4), 451 - 475. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4117.4.1
- Seret, B., Last, P. R. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2016 a) Guitarfishes. Family Rhinobatidae. In: Last, P. R., White, W. T., de Carvalho, M. E., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Naylor, G. J. P. (Eds.), Rays of the World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, pp. 77 - 109. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148
- Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874