Rajella ravidula ( Hulley, 1970 )

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 : 86-87

Rajella ravidula ( Hulley, 1970)

Smoothback Skate

Raja ravidula Hulley, 1970: 196 , figs. a–b, pl. 9. Holotype: ZMH 25261 [ex ISH 50-1967 ]. Type locality: West of Cape Town, South Africa, 33°49'S, 17°13'E.

Local synonymy: Raja ravidula: Hulley, 1970: 196 , figs. a–b, pl. 9; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 124, fig. 25.17; Stehmann, 1995: 93. Raja (Rajella) ravidula: Compagno et al., 1989: 100 , pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 107; Ebert et al., 1991: 79. Rajella ravidula: Compagno, 1999: 117 ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 5d; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121; Ebert et al., 2008: 96; NPOA, 2013: 55; Ebert, 2014: 75, fig. 117; Weigmann et al., 2014a: 384; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert, 2015: 185, fig. 209; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 19; Last et al., 2016g: 349, fig. 19.122; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1403; Weigmann, 2016: 959.

South Africa voucher material: Ebert et al. (2008) examined 19 uncatalogued specimens in the SAM collection.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to southwest of Cape Point (WC).

Remarks: A very poorly known skate from the upper continental slopes off the west coast of South Africa.

Conservation status: LC (2019).

Genus Rostroraja Hulley, 1972

Spearnose Skates

Rostroraja (subgenus of Raja ) Hulley, 1972: 77. Type species: Raja alba Lacepède 1803 , type by original designation.