An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa Author Ebert, David A. Author Wintner, Sabine P. 0000-0001-7350-5999 Author Kyne, Peter M. 0000-0003-4494-2625 debert@mlml.calstate.edu text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-17 4947 1 1 127 journal article 7365 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1 74dc998a-dc7a-4b02-b43c-a2064c9c6dc2 1175-5326 4614567 7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F Dipturus springeri ( Wallace, 1967a ) Roughbelly Skate Raja springeri Wallace, 1967a: 18 , figs. 9–10. Holotype : SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 989 [ex ORI B909 ]. Type locality: 48 kilometers east-southeast of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa , Western Indian Ocean. Local synonymy :? Raja batis : Hulley, 1966: 512 . Raja springeri : Wallace, 1967a: 18 , figs. 9–10; Hulley, 1972a: 86 , figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 125 , fig. 25.20; Stehmann, 1995: 105 . Raja ( Dipturus ) springeri : Compagno et al ., 1989: 92 , pl. (in part); Compagno et al ., 1991: 96 (in part); Ebert et al ., 1991: 76 . Dipturus springeri : Compagno, 1999: 116 (in part); Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 139 , fig. 6e (in part); Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119 ; Ebert et al ., 2008: 88 ; NPOA, 2013: 56 (in part); Ebert, 2014: 60 , fig. 83; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 (in part); Ebert, 2015: 176 , fig. 195 (in part?); Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 (in part); Last et al ., 2016f: 22 ; Last et al ., 2016g : 272 , fig. 19.63; Weigmann, 2016: 946 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : SAIAB 989 [ex ORI B 909 ]. South African distribution : KZN, but records from the EC and WC require confirmation due to confusion with the recently documented occurrence of D. nidarosiensis in South African waters. Remarks : Until recently, this species was considered to occur from about L̹deritz, Namibia , south and all around the South African coast, and north to Kenya and east to Madagascar . However, the recent revelation that D. nidarosiensis occurs to South Africa highlights that a re-evaluation of these large Dipturus species is required to determine the extent of their range in the region. Conservation status : LC (2019).