Leucoraja compagnoi ( Stehmann, 1995 )

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 : 81

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scientific name	Leucoraja compagnoi ( Stehmann, 1995 )
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Leucoraja compagnoi ( Stehmann, 1995) View in CoL

Tigertail Skate

Raja (Leucoraja) compagnoi Stehmann, 1995: 43 View in CoL , fig. 10. Holotype (unique) ZIN 48406. Type locality: Off GoogleMaps South Africa, 30°44'S, 15°18'E.

Local synonymy: Raja (Leucoraja) compagnoi: Stehmann, 1995: 43 View in CoL , fig. 10. Leucoraja compagnoi: Compagno, 1999: 116 View in CoL ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 133, fig. 4d; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 120; Ebert et al., 2008: 90; Ebert, 2014: 68, fig. 105; Ebert, 2015: 179, fig. 201; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 18; Last et al., 2016g: 281, fig. 19.72; Weigmann, 2016: 948.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: ZIN 48406. Ebert et al. (2008) examined 10 uncatalogued specimens at SAM.

South African distribution: Endemic. West coast northwest of Strandfontein (WC) to off Port Elizabeth (EC), and KZN.

Remarks: Known only from about a dozen specimens, all juveniles, it is likely misidentified with its more common congener L. wallacei . Adult specimens of this species should be saved and sent to either SAIAB or SAM.

Conservation status: DD (2019).