Megatrygon microps Annandale, 1908

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 : 93

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scientific name	Megatrygon microps Annandale, 1908
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Megatrygon microps Annandale, 1908 View in CoL

Smalleye Stingray

Trygon microps Annandale, 1908: 393 View in CoL , pl. 27. Holotype: ZSI F2410/1. Type locality: Bay of Bengal , off Chittagong coast.

Local synonymy: None.

South Africa voucher material: None, record based on photographs.

South African distribution: New record, based on a single specimen that was caught by an angler, Craig Bashford, on 12 March 2019 and measured 151 cm disc width off North Pier, Durban Harbor (KZN).

Remarks: A new record for South Africa, this species may be more common particularly in northern KZN, but due to its large size records of its occurrence may be under reported.

Conservation status: DD (2016).