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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Amblyraja taaf
(
Meisner, 1987
)
Whiteleg Skate
Raja taaf
Meisner, 1987: 1840
, figs. 1–2.
Holotype
: ZIK 91514. Type locality:
Lena Bank
,
53°01'S
,
44°25'E
,
southwestern Indian Ocean.
Local synonymy
:
Raja radiata
(
non
Donovan):
Hulley, 1970: 193
, fig. 13, pl. 7a;
Hulley, 1972a: 86
, figs. 58– 59;
Hulley, 1986: 124
, figs. 25.16;
Compagno
et al
., 1989: 88
, pl.
Raja
(
Amblyraja
)
radiata
(
non
Donovan):
Compagno
et al
., 1991: 93
;
Ebert
et al
., 1991: 79
.
Amblyraja
cf.
radiata
:
Compagno, 1999: 116
.
Amblyraja taaf
:
Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 133
, fig. 4c;
Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119
;
Ebert, 2015: 172
, fig. 188;
Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147
;
Last
et al
.,
2016g
: 217
, fig. 19.8;
Weigmann, 2016: 941
.
South Africa
voucher material
:
SAM
(2) uncatalogued specimens.
South African distribution
: Known from two specimens caught west of
Cape
Town (WC).
Remarks
: This appears to be a sub-Antarctic species that is presently known only from off Kerguelen Islands in addition to the one location off
Cape
Town (WC) (
Last
et al
., 2016a
).
Conservation status
: DD (2020).