Broad Cowtail Ray
Taeniura atra Macleay, 1883 a: 598. Holotype: AMS I.9762. Type locality: Port Moresby district, Papua New Guinea.
Local synonymy: Dasyatis sephen: Smith, 1957e: 431, pl. 16b; Smith, 1961a: 565, fig. 79c, pl. 108; Smith, 1965: 565, fig. 79c, pl. 108; Wallace, 1967c: 42, fig. 21. Hypolophus sephen: Compagno & Heemstra, 1984: 3; Compagno, 1986: 140, fig. 30.12; Compagno et al., 1989: 104, pl. Pastinachus sephen: Compagno, 1999: 117; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147. Pastinachus ater: Last et al., 2016h: 364; Last et al., 2016i: 594, fig. 25.65. Pastinachus atrus: Weigmann, 2016: 976.
South Africa voucher material: None examined.
South African distribution: Northern KZN.
Remarks: Smith (1957) first reported this stingray, as Dasyatis sephen, from northern KZN. It appears to be rare in South African waters, which is considered to be the edge of its range.
Conservation status: NE.
Genus Pateobatis Last, Naylor, & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016 h
Whiprays
Pateobatis Last, Naylor, & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016 h: 362. Type species: Trygon uarnacoides Bleeker, 1852, by original designation.
Genus Pateobatis Last, Naylor, & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016 h
Whiprays
Pateobatis Last, Naylor, & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016 h: 362. Type species: Trygon uarnacoides Bleeker, 1852, by original designation.