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 dissimilis ( Hulley, 1970 ) Ghost Skate Raja dissimilis Hulley, 1970: 199 , figs. 15, pl. 10 (figs. a–b). Holotype : ZMH 25258 [ex ISH 46-1967 a]. Type locality: West of Cape Town , South Africa , 33°47'S , 17°14'E , southeastern Atlantic. Local synonymy : Raja dissimilis : Hulley, 1970: 199 , figs. 15, pl. 10; Hulley, 1972a: 86 , figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 121 , fig. 25.10; Stehmann, 1995: 79 . Raja ( Rajella ) dissimilis : Compagno et al ., 1989: 98 , pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 104 ; Ebert et al ., 1991: 77 . Rajella dissimilis : Compagno, 1999: 116 ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 135 , fig. 5b; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121 ; Ebert et al ., 2008: 95 ; Ebert, 2014: 75 , fig. 120; Ebert, 2015: 185 , fig. 211; Weigmann et al ., 2014a: 384 ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147 ; Last et al ., 2016f: 19 ; Last et al ., 2016g : 339 , fig. 19.130; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1402 ; Weigmann, 2016: 958 . South Africa voucher material : Holotype : ZMH 25258. Non-types: SAIAB 27140 , SAIAB 27141 , SAIAB 27142 , SAIAB 53231 . South African distribution : The Orange River (NC) to St Francis Bay (EC). Remarks : A little known, deep-sea skate that is often misidentified with other similar “grey” skates, but its distribution is now known to include northwest Africa. Conservation status : LC (2004).