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Rajella ravidula

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Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970)

Smoothback Skate

Raja ravidula Hulley, 1970: 196, figs. a–b, pl. 9. Holotype: ZMH 25261 [ex ISH 50-1967]. Type locality: West of Cape Town, South Africa, 33°49'S, 17°13'E.

Local synonymy: Raja ravidula: Hulley, 1970: 196, figs. a–b, pl. 9; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 124, fig. 25.17; Stehmann, 1995: 93. Raja (Rajella) ravidula: Compagno et al., 1989: 100, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 107; Ebert et al., 1991: 79. Rajella ravidula: Compagno, 1999: 117; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 5d; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121; Ebert et al., 2008: 96; NPOA, 2013: 55; Ebert, 2014: 75, fig. 117; Weigmann et al., 2014a: 384; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert, 2015: 185, fig. 209; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 19; Last et al., 2016g: 349, fig. 19.122; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1403; Weigmann, 2016: 959.

South Africa voucher material: Ebert et al. (2008) examined 19 uncatalogued specimens in the SAM collection.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to southwest of Cape Point (WC).

Remarks: A very poorly known skate from the upper continental slopes off the west coast of South Africa.

Conservation status: LC (2019).

Genus Rostroraja Hulley, 1972

Spearnose Skates

Rostroraja (subgenus of Raja) Hulley, 1972: 77. Type species: Raja alba Lacepède 1803, type by original designation.

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 86-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A1953CFFD8CFF75C58FEB621BE

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

Collection code
SAM , ZMH
Material sample ID
ISH 50-1967
Scientific name authorship
Hulley
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Rajella
Species
ravidula
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

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  • 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.
  • 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.
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