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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-17
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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).