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Dipturus doutrei

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Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960)

Javelin Skate

Raja doutrei Cadenat, 1960: 294, figs. 1–11, 13, 15. Lectotype: MNHN 1959-0041 [ex IFAN]. Type locality: Senegal.

Local synonymy: Raja batis:? Hulley, 1966: 512 (Cape Columbine,? = Raja springeri). Raja doutrei: Hulley, 1970: 164, fig. 5, pl. 1b; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 122, fig. 25.11; Stehmann, 1995: 36. Raja (Dipturus) doutrei: Compagno et al., 1989: 90, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 95; Ebert et al., 1991: 79. Dipturus doutrei: Compagno, 1999: 116; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 6b; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119; Ebert et al., 2008: 87; Ebert, 2014: 60, fig. 84; Ebert, 2015: 176, fig. 196; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 21; Last et al., 2016g: 250, fig. 19.41; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1389; Weigmann, 2016: 944.

South Africa voucher material: Ebert et al. (2008) reported on a single specimen at SAM.

South African distribution: West of Cape Town (WC) to southeastern Cape, south of Port Elizabeth (EC).

Remarks: Several specimens of this uncommon skate were collected off Cape Town and examined, but none were retained.

Conservation status: DD (2009).

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

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Biodiversity

Family
Rajidae
Genus
Dipturus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rajiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Cadenat
Species
doutrei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

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  • Hulley, P. A. (1966) The validity of Raja rhizacanthus Regan and Raja pullopunctata Smith, based on a study of the clasper. Annals of the South African Museum, 48 (20), 497 - 514.
  • 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.
  • 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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  • 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
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