Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895

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 : 99

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scientific name	Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895
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Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895 View in CoL View at ENA

Oman Cownose Ray

Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895: 141 View in CoL . Holotype (unique): BMNH 1894.3 .21.13 (skin). Type locality: Muscat , Oman , Gulf of Oman , Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Rhinoptera javanica: Smith, 1952d: 1020 View in CoL ; Smith, 1961a: 504, fig. 77a; Wallace, 1967c: 23, fig. 11; Compagno, 1986: 133, fig. 28.4; Compagno et al., 1989: 114, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 87; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148. Rhinoptera jayakari: Last et al., 2016l: 736 View in CoL , fig. 32.4; Weigmann, 2016: 988.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 7855 [ex ORI], SAIAB 7857 [ex ORI B646], SAIAB 7858 [ex ORI B347] (All SAIAB specimens accessioned as Rhinoptera javanica ).

South African distribution: Amanzimtoti (south of Durban ) to KZN border with Mozambique.

Remarks: The only Rhinoptera species in South Africa, previous records referred to R. javanica , which does not occur off East or South Africa. Rhinoptera jayakari only marginally occurs in South African waters off KZN.

Conservation status: NE.