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 Malacoraja spinacidermis ( Barnard, 1923 ) Roughskin Skate Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923: 440 . Holotype (unique): BMNH 1935.7 .19.7. Type locality: South Africa (exact locality unknown). Local synonymy : Raia spinacidermis : Barnard, 1923: 440 ; Barnard, 1925: 73 , fig. 6, pl. 4: Fowler, 1941: 392 ; Smith, 1949a: 66 (in part, South Africa , not Raia durbanensis , in synonymy); Smith, 1965: 66 (in part, South Africa ).? Raia plutonia : Barnard, 1925: 68 (in part, also including holotype of Raia albalinea von Bonde & Swart, 1923 = R. caudaspinosa ). Raja spinacidermis : Norman, 1935: 46 ; Hulley, 1970: 173 , pl. 4; Hulley, 1972a: 86 , figs. 58–59; Hulley & Stehmann, 1977: 227 , figs. 1–5; Hulley, 1986: 125 , fig. 25.19. Raja ( Malacoraja ) spinacidermis : Compagno et al ., 1989 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 97 ; Ebert et al ., 1991: 76 . Malacoraja spinacidermis : Compagno, 1999: 116 ; Stehmann, 1995: 28 ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137 , fig. 5e; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 120 ; Ebert et al ., 2008: 91 ; NPOA, 2013: 55 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 ; Ebert, 2015: 181 , fig. 205; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Last et al ., 2016f: 23 ; Last et al ., 2016g : 296 , fig. 19.87; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1386 ; Séret, 2016: 1345 ; Weigmann, 2016: 950 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : BMNH 1935.7 .19.7. Non-type: SAIAB 27330 . South African distribution : The Orange River (NP) to Cape Point (WC). Remarks : This species also occurs in the North Atlantic, but its distribution north of South Africa is patchy. Morphological and molecular comparison of specimens from South Africa and the North Atlantic may confirm if it is the same species or if they are different. Conservation status : LC (2020).