Mobula eregoodoo ( Bleeker, 1859 )

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 100-101

Mobula eregoodoo ( Bleeker, 1859)

Pygmy Devil Ray

Dicerobatis eregoodoo Cantor, 1849: 1420 . No types. Type locality: Penang, Malaysia. Neotype: CAS 56095. Type locality: Gulf of Siam off Cambodia, about 1 mile east of Goh Choaw and 10–12 miles SSE of Koh Kong, 11°00'N – 11°05'N, 103°03'30"E – 103°05'E.

Local synonymy: Mobula eregoodootenkee: Compagno, 1999: 118 ; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 101, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 981; Stevens et al., 2018: 78, figs. Mobula eregoodoo: Notarbartolo di Sciara et al., 2020: 104 , fig. 1.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South African distribution: Durban (KZN) to the Mozambique border.

Remarks: This species has a confused taxonomic and nomenclatural history.A neotype (CAS 56095) was designated for Cephaloptera eregoodootenkee Bleeker, 1859 , by Notarbartolo-di-Sciara (1987) for Cuvier 1829, which was considered an unneeded subsequent new name for Dicerobatis eregoodoo Cantor 1849 by Notarbartolo di Sciara et al. (2020). White et al. (2018) concluded that it was a synonym of M. kuhlii , however Notarbartolo di Sciara et al. (2020) consider these to be separate species. These authors also clarified the name as M. eregoodoo .

Conservation status: EN (2020).