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
4947
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journal article
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Pateobatis jenkinsii
(
Annandale, 1909
)
Jenkins Whipray
Trygon jenkinsii
Annandale, 1909: 28
, figs 4, 4a.
Holotype
: ZSI F2473/1 (dried skin and jaws). Type locality: off
Ganjam Coast
,
India
.
Local synonymy
:
Dasyatis jenkinsii
:
Wallace, 1967c: 47
, fig. 23.
Himantura draco
: Compano & Heemstra, 1984: 6
, figs. 1–8 (original description, vicinity of Durban, KZN,
South Africa
,
holotype
SAIAB [former RUSI] 996;
Compagno, 1986: 138
, fig. 30.8;
Compagno
et al
., 1989: 106
, pl.;
Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 83
.
Himantura jenkinsii
:
Compagno, 1999: 117
;
Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 83
;
Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147
;
Weigmann, 2016: 965
.
Pateobatis jenkinsii
:
Last
et al
., 2016h: 355
;
Last
et al
.,
2016i
: 537
, fig. 25.8.
South Africa
voucher material
:
SAIAB 996
(
Holotype
of
H. draco
)
.
South African distribution
:
Durban
to northern KZN.
Remarks
: The presence of
P. jenkinsii
and other stingray species should be carefully examined to clarify the species composition occurring in South African waters.
Conservation status
: VU (2020).