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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCFF75E33FE512436" bold="true" box="[151,424,1086,1113]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Aetomylaeus vespertilio</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8B8436B79508FFEFCFF75E6FFEA72412" blockId="97.[151,1437,1086,1689]" box="[151,350,1122,1149]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Ornate Eagle Ray</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCFF75E8BFE7524CF" box="[151,396,1158,1184]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Myliobatis vespertilio</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCFF75EA7FEA324AB" bold="true" box="[151,346,1194,1220]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Local synonymy</emphasis>
:?
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCE165EA7FDC024AB" box="[374,569,1194,1220]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Aetomylus huletti</emphasis>
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:
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, fig. 77a
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(original description).
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voucher material
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: No known specimens in museum collections, but confirmation based on a photograph from Richards Bay (Rob Kyle, pers. comm., Oceanographic Research Institute). The
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of
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCAE45EFEFEF7255F" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">A. huletti</emphasis>
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(? =
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCE285F1AFE24255F" box="[328,477,1302,1329]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">A. vespertilio</emphasis>
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) was collected in Zululand (northern KZN), but the type specimen is lost.
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCFF75F37FE2A253B" bold="true" box="[151,467,1338,1364]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">South African distribution</emphasis>
: New record, from Richards
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and possibly northern KZN.
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCFF75F53FEFD2517" bold="true" box="[151,260,1374,1400]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Remarks</emphasis>
:
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described
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCD7B5F53FD272517" box="[539,734,1374,1400]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Aetomylus huletti</emphasis>
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based on a specimen from northern KZN (Zululand). However, subsequent authors (
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;
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) attributed it as a possible synonym of
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCA635F8FFA6525F3" box="[1283,1436,1410,1436]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Pteromylaeus</emphasis>
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(now
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCE685FABFE6E25AF" box="[264,407,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Aetomylaeus</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCECA5FABFDF825AF" box="[426,513,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">bovinus</emphasis>
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.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B469508FFEFCD705FABFCC825AE" author="Ebert &amp; van Hees" box="[528,817,1446,1473]" firstAuthor="Ebert" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="141 - 156" refId="ref99877" refString="Ebert, D. A. &amp; van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the &quot; Lost Sharks &quot; of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730" type="journal article" year="2015">Ebert &amp; van Hees (2015)</bibRefCitation>
listed it as possibly being
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, but that species does not occur in the region. The
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of
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCDA95FC6FCC8258B" box="[713,817,1482,1509]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">A. huletti</emphasis>
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is unfortunately lost precluding further examination of the specimen, but it is likely to be
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCD5C5FE2FD292667" box="[572,720,1518,1545]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">A. vespertilio</emphasis>
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rather than
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCC335FE2FC3F2667" box="[851,966,1518,1545]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">A. nichofii</emphasis>
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; a species known to occur in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B469508FFEFCFAD5C1FFE372642" author="Last, P. R. &amp; White, W. T. &amp; de Carvalho, M. E. &amp; Seret, B. &amp; Stehmann, M. F. W. &amp; Naylor, G. J. P." box="[205,462,1554,1581]" firstAuthor="White" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" refId="ref107948" refString="Last, P. R., White, W. T., de Carvalho, M. E., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. &amp; Naylor, G. J. P. (2016 a) Rays of the World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York 790 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148" type="book" year="2016" yearSuffix="a">White &amp; Last, 2016a</bibRefCitation>
). Recently, a specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D349508FFEFCC6A5C1EFC5D2643" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1852" box="[778,932,1554,1581]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Myliobatis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vespertilio">
<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCC6A5C1EFC5D2643" box="[778,932,1554,1581]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">A. vespertilio</emphasis>
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was caught, and released at Richards Bay confirming this species presence for the first time in South African waters (R. Kyle, Oceanographic Research Institute,
<date id="FF8510779508FFEFCE4E5C57FE52261B" box="[302,427,1626,1652]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" value="2018-04">April 2018</date>
, photograph and pers. comm.).
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<emphasis id="B94FEAA59508FFEFCFF75C73FE7D26F7" bold="true" box="[151,388,1662,1688]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Conservation status</emphasis>
: EN (2016).
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