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 Rajella barnardi ( Norman, 1935 ) Bigthorn Skate Raja barnardi Norman, 1935 : (39) 43, fig. 14. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1935.5 .2.65. Type locality: Off Cape Town , South Africa , 34°S , l 7°58'E , southeastern Atlantic. Local synonymy : Raja barnardi : Norman, 1935 : (39) 43, fig. 14; Stehmann, 1995: 51 . Raja confundens : Hulley, 1970: 203 , figs. 17a–c, pls. 11a–b; Hulley, 1972a: 86 , figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 121 , fig. 25.9. Raja ( Rajella ) confundens : Compagno et al ., 1989: 98 , pl.; Compagno et al . 1991: 104 ; Ebert et al ., 1991: 77 . Rajella barnardi : Stehmann, 1995: 51 ; Compagno, 1999: 117 ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 135 , fig. 4f; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121 ; Ebert et al ., 2008: 94 ; Ebert, 2014: 75 , fig. 122; Ebert, 2015: 185 , fig. 213; NPOA, 2013: 54 ; da Silva et al ., 2015: 247 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Last et al ., 2016f: 19 ; Last et al ., 2016g : 334 , fig. 19.125; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1394 ; Weigmann, 2016: 957 . South Africa voucher material : SAIAB 7889 [ex ORI B155], SAIAB 11154, SAIAB 25791, SAIAB 25792, SAIAB 25793, SAIAB 25794, SAIAB 25795, SAIAB 25796, SAIAB 25797, SAIAB 25798, SAIAB 25799, SAIAB 25800, SAIAB 25801, SAIAB 25802, SAIAB 48831, SAIAB 48837. South African distribution : The Orange River (NC) to Algoa Bay (EC). Remarks : Hulley (1970) who described Raja confundens as a new species synonymized Rajella barnardi as a junior synonym of R. leoparda . However, Stehmann (1995) examined the holotypes of both and revived R. barnardi as a valid species and synonymized R. confundens as a junior synonym. Conservation status : LC (2004).