Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906a

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 : 83-84

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Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906a View in CoL

Twineyed Skate

Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906a: 2 View in CoL , Pl. 2. Syntypes: BMNH 1905.6 .8.14 (1), NMP (1); probable syntype BMNH 1895.12 . 27.14 (1). Type locality: Algoa Bay , northeast of Bird Island, Eastern Cape, South Africa .

Local synonymy: Raia ocellifera View in CoL : Regan, 1906a: 2, Pl. 2; Regan, 1908a: 242; Garman, 1913: 365 ( South Africa, in part); Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916; 270; von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 5; Barnard, 1925: 67; Fowler, 1925b: 193; von Bonde, 1933: 51; Barnard, 1947: 26, fig. 2, pl. 4; Smith, 1949a: 66, pl. 3; Smith, 1964: 285; Smith, 1965: 66, pl. 3. Raja ocellifera: Thompson, 1914: 158 View in CoL ; Norman, 1935: 42; Fowler, 1941: 375; Hulley, 1969: 137, figs. 1–3; Last & Séret, 2016: 477; Last et al., 2016f: 23; Last et al., 2016g: 326, fig. 19.117. Raja miraletus: Thompson, 1914: 158 View in CoL ; Fowler, 1936: 114; Fowler, 1941: 375 (in part, including Raia parcomaculata View in CoL in synonymy); Wallace, 1967a: 31, figs. 16–17; Hulley, 1969: 137, figs, 1–2c; Hulley, 1970: 179, fig. 9, pl. 7b; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 123, fig. 25.14, pl. 6; Stehmann, 1995: 106; Compagno, 1999: 116; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 81; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 139, fig. 7a; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121; Ebert et al., 2008: 92; NPOA, 2013: 54; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 955. Raia miraletus : von Bonde & Swart, 1923: 5; Barnard, 1925: 68 (in part, not types of Cruriraja parcomaculata View in CoL ); Clark, 1926: 9 (Cape Colony, Mossel Bay). Raja (Raja) miraletus: Compagno et al., 1989: 96 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 102.

South Africa voucher material: Syntypes: BMNH 1905.6 .8.14 (1), NMP (1); Probable syntype: BMNH 1895.12 . 27.14 (1). Non-types : SAIAB 7842 View Materials , SAIAB 8067 View Materials , SAIAB 8270 View Materials , SAIAB 11148 View Materials , SAIAB 11149 View Materials , SAIAB 11150 View Materials , SAIAB 12007 View Materials , SAIAB 12031 View Materials , SAIAB 12194 View Materials , SAIAB 13313 View Materials , SAIAB 14621 View Materials , SAIAB 16518 View Materials , SAIAB 17227 View Materials , SAIAB 17414 View Materials , SAIAB 26903 View Materials , SAIAB 26904 View Materials , SAIAB 26905 View Materials , SAIAB 26906 View Materials , SAIAB 26907 View Materials , SAIAB 27152 View Materials , SAIAB 27153 View Materials , SAIAB 27154 View Materials , SAIAB 27155 View Materials , SAIAB 27156 View Materials , SAIAB 44240 View Materials , SAIAB 44250 View Materials .

South African distribution: Possibly endemic to South Africa. Confirmed from Western Cape to Port Alfred (EC) and from Durban to Richards Bay (KZN). Records outside of South Africa require confirmation.

Remarks: Recent molecular and morphological data reveal that the South African form is distinct from other similar species in the Eastern Atlantic. The reported range from southern Namibia to KZN, and possibly extending to Kenya, requires confirmation as records from north of South Africa may represent different species.

Conservation status: EN (2020).