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Anacanthobatis marmorata

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Anacanthobatis marmorata (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)

Spotted Legskate

Leiobatis marmoratus von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 18, pl. 23. Lectotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 662 selected by Hulley, 1973: 133. Type locality: KwaZulu-Natal coast, 30°09'45''S, 30°58'02''E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Leiobatis marmoratus: von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 18, pl. 23; Fowler, 1941: 448. Leiobatis dubius: von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 19 (originally published with genus Leiobatis, but separate errata sheet says that it should be Anacanthobatis); Fowler, 1941: 448. Anacanthobatis marmoratus: Barnard, 1925: 79; Fowler, 1941: 448; Smith, 1949a: 71, fig. 84; Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 327; Barnard, 1959: 27, fig., 4; Smith, 1961a: 71, fig. 84; Smith, 1965: 71, fig. 84; Wallace, 1967a: 43, figs 22–23; Hulley, 1973: 131; Hulley, 1986: 126, fig. 26.1; Compagno et al., 1989: 86, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 117; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 141, fig. 7e; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 122; Ebert, 2014: 55, fig. 73; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147. Springeria dubia: Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 328. Anacanthobatis marmorata: Séret et al., 2016c: 496, fig. 22.1; Weigmann, 2016: 961.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 662, SAIAB 10430.

South African distribution: Known from a few records off KZN.

Remarks: A regional endemic to KZN and Mozambique. There are two WC records from near Mossel Bay, but these require confirmation since this area has been heavily surveyed without a single specimen being captured (von Bonde, 1933: Compagno & Ebert, 2007).

Conservation status: NT (2020).

Notes

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 pages 87-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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Biodiversity

Collection code
SAIAB, RUSI
Family
Anacanthobatidae
Genus
Anacanthobatis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rajiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
von Bonde & Swart
Species
marmorata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Anacanthobatis marmorata (Bonde, 1923) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

  • von Bonde, C. & Swart, D. B. (1923) The Platosomia (skates and rays) collected by the S. S. " Pickle ". University of South Africa, Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Report, 3 (5), 1 - 22.
  • Hulley, P. A. (1973) Interrelationships within the Anacanthobatidae (Chondrichthyes, Rajoidea), with a description of the lectotype of Anacanthobatis marmoratus von Bonde & Swart, 1923. Annals of the South African Museum, 62 (4), 131 - 158.
  • 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.
  • Barnard, K. H. (1925) A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part I (Amphioxus, Cyclostomata, Elasmobranchii, and Teleostei-Isospondyli to Heterosomata). Annals of the South African Museum, 21, 1 - 418.
  • Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.
  • Bigelow, H. B. & Schroeder, W. C. (1953) Fishes of the Western North Atlantic Part 2. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays and chimaeroids. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Series 1, 2, 1 - 588.
  • Barnard, K. H. (1959) A Pictorial Guide to South African Fishes. Marine and Freshwater. Maskew Miller Ltd, Cape Town, 226 pp.
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  • Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.
  • Wallace, J. H. (1967 a) The batoid fishes of the east coast of southern Africa. Part III: skates and electric rays. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 17, 1 - 62.
  • Hulley, P. A. (1986) Family Rajidae, Anacanthobatidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 115 - 128.
  • 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.
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  • Compagno, L. J. V. & Ebert, D. A. (2007) Southern African skate biodiversity and distribution. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 80, 125 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10641 - 007 - 9243 - 4
  • Ebert D. A. (2014) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 2. Batoids and chimaeras. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome, 129 pp.
  • 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
  • Seret, B., Last, P. R., Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. F. W. (2016 c) Legskates. Family Anacanthobatidae. 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. 494 - 508. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148
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