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Amblyraja taaf

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Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987)

Whiteleg Skate

Raja taaf Meisner, 1987: 1840, figs. 1–2. Holotype: ZIK 91514. Type locality: Lena Bank, 53°01'S, 44°25'E, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Raja radiata (non Donovan): Hulley, 1970: 193, fig. 13, pl. 7a; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58– 59; Hulley, 1986: 124, figs. 25.16; Compagno et al., 1989: 88, pl. Raja (Amblyraja) radiata (non Donovan): Compagno et al., 1991: 93; Ebert et al., 1991: 79. Amblyraja cf. radiata: Compagno, 1999: 116. Amblyraja taaf: Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 133, fig. 4c; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119; Ebert, 2015: 172, fig. 188; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016g: 217, fig. 19.8; Weigmann, 2016: 941.

South Africa voucher material: SAM (2) uncatalogued specimens.

South African distribution: Known from two specimens caught west of Cape Town (WC).

Remarks: This appears to be a sub-Antarctic species that is presently known only from off Kerguelen Islands in addition to the one location off Cape Town (WC) (Last et al., 2016a).

Conservation status: DD (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 page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A19524FFC3CFF75C0FFDEC279E

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Meisner
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Amblyraja
Species
taaf
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

  • Meisner, E. E. (1987) Une nouvelle espece de la raie (Rajidae, Batoidei) du secteur indien de Antarctique. A new species of ray (Rajidae, Batoidei) from the Indian Ocean sector of the Antarctic. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 66 (12), 1840 - 1849.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Cowley, P. D. (1991) Distribution of offshore demersal cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) of the west coast of southern Africa, with notes on their systematics. South African Journal of Marine Science, 11, 43 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 025776191784287664
  • Ebert, D. A., Cowley, P. D. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1991) A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of skates (Batoidea: Rajidae) off the west coast of southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science, 10, 71 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 02577619109504621
  • Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406
  • 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. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 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
  • Last, P. R., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Weigmann, S. (2016 g) Skates. Family Rajidae. 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. 204 - 363. 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
  • Last, P. R., White, W. T., de Carvalho, M. E., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2016 a) Rays of the World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York 790 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148