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 campbelli ( Wallace, 1967a ) Blackspot Skate Raja campbelli Wallace, 1967a: 24 , fig. 12. Holotype : SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 992 [ex ORI B804 ]. Type locality: 24 miles east of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . Local synonymy : Raja campbelli : Wallace, 1967a: 24 , fig. 12; Séret, 1989: 127 . Raja pullopunctata : Hulley, 1986: 123 , fig. 25.15, pl. 6. Raja ( Dipturus ) campbelli : Compagno et al ., 1989: 92 , pl. Dipturus campbelli : Compagno, 1999: 116 ; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 81 ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137 , fig. 6a; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119 ; Ebert et al ., 2008: 86 ; Ebert, 2014: 62 , fig. 95; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Last et al ., 2016f: 21 ; Last et al ., 2016g : 246 , fig. 19.37; Weigmann, 2016: 943 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : SAIAB [former RUSI ] 991 [ex ORI B804 ]. Paratype : SAIAB [former RUSI ] 992 [ex ORI B859 ]. Ebert et al . (2008) examined 13 uncatalogued specimens in the SAM collection. South African distribution : KZN coast to the border with Mozambique . Remarks : This poorly known skate was previously misidentified as D. pullopunctatus , but the collection of additional specimens and a re-examination of the type material confirmed it as a distinct species ( Compagno et al ., 1989 ). Conservation status : NT (2020).