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Rajella barnardi

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Rajella barnardi (Norman, 1935)

Bigthorn Skate

Raja barnardi Norman, 1935: (39) 43, fig. 14. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1935.5.2.65. Type locality: Off Cape Town, South Africa, 34°S, l 7°58'E, southeastern Atlantic.

Local synonymy: Raja barnardi: Norman, 1935: (39) 43, fig. 14; Stehmann, 1995: 51. Raja confundens: Hulley, 1970: 203, figs. 17a–c, pls. 11a–b; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 121, fig. 25.9. Raja (Rajella) confundens: Compagno et al., 1989: 98, pl.; Compagno et al. 1991: 104; Ebert et al., 1991: 77. Rajella barnardi: Stehmann, 1995: 51; Compagno, 1999: 117; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 135, fig. 4f; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121; Ebert et al., 2008: 94; Ebert, 2014: 75, fig. 122; Ebert, 2015: 185, fig. 213; NPOA, 2013: 54; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 19; Last et al., 2016g: 334, fig. 19.125; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1394; Weigmann, 2016: 957.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 7889 [ex ORI B155], SAIAB 11154, SAIAB 25791, SAIAB 25792, SAIAB 25793, SAIAB 25794, SAIAB 25795, SAIAB 25796, SAIAB 25797, SAIAB 25798, SAIAB 25799, SAIAB 25800, SAIAB 25801, SAIAB 25802, SAIAB 48831, SAIAB 48837.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Algoa Bay (EC).

Remarks: Hulley (1970) who described Raja confundens as a new species synonymized Rajella barnardi as a junior synonym of R. leoparda. However, Stehmann (1995) examined the holotypes of both and revived R. barnardi as a valid species and synonymized R. confundens as a junior synonym.

Conservation status: LC (2004).

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 page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Rajella
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1935.5
Order
Rajiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Norman
Species
barnardi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Rajella barnardi (Norman, 1935) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

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  • Stehmann, M. (1995) First and new records of skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes, Rajidae) from the West African continental slope (Morocco to South Africa), with descriptions of two new species. Archiv f ̡ r Fischereiwissenschaft, 43 (1), 1 - 119.
  • Hulley, P. A. (1970) An investigation of the Rajidae of the west and south coasts of southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 55, 151 - 220.
  • Hulley, P. A. (1972 a) The origin, interrelationships and distribution of southern African Rajidae (Chondrichthyes, Batoidei). Annals of the South African Museum, 60, 1 - 103. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1442499
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