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 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).