Heteronarce garmani Regan, 1921

Natal Electric Ray

Heteronarce garmani Regan, 1921: 414 . Holotype (unique): BMNH 1921.3.1.3. Type locality: 15–20 miles off Umvoti River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Local synonymy: Heteronarce garmani: Regan, 1921: 414; Gilchrist, 1922b: 50; von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 14; Barnard, 1925: 92; Fowler, 1925b: 193; Barnard, 1927: 1016; Smith, 1949a: 74, fig. 90; Smith, 1964: 291, pl. 29a; Smith, 1965: 74, fig. 90; Wallace, 1967a: 55, fig. 28; Compagno, 1986: 113, fig. 24.1; Compagno et al., 1989: 82, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 116; Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 43; NPOA, 2013: 52; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; de Carvalho, 2016: 175, fig. 16.3; Weigmann, 2016: 912. Heteronarce regani von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 14, fig. 2, pl. 22 (original descrption). Narcine natalensis Fowler, 1925a: 198, fig. 2 (original description). Narcine garmani Fowler, 1925b: 193 .

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: BMNH 1921.3.1.3. Non-types: SAIAB 16568, SAIAB 10439 [former ORI B 834].

South African distribution: Algoa Bay (EC) to northern KZN.

Remarks: A very rare, small, regionally endemic electric ray known only from the east coast of South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar.

Conservation status: NT (2020).