Rajella barnardi ( Norman, 1935 )

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 : 85

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scientific name	Rajella barnardi ( Norman, 1935 )
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Rajella barnardi ( Norman, 1935) View in CoL View at ENA

Bigthorn Skate

Raja barnardi Norman, 1935 View in CoL : (39) 43, fig. 14. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1935.5 .2.65. Type locality: Off GoogleMaps Cape Town, South Africa, 34°S, l 7°58'E, southeastern Atlantic.

Local synonymy: Raja barnardi: Norman, 1935 View in CoL : (39) 43, fig. 14; Stehmann, 1995: 51. Raja confundens: Hulley, 1970: 203 View in CoL , figs. 17a–c, pls. 11a–b; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 121, fig. 25.9. Raja (Rajella) confundens: Compagno et al., 1989: 98 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno et al. 1991: 104; Ebert et al., 1991: 77. Rajella barnardi: Stehmann, 1995: 51 View in CoL ; Compagno, 1999: 117; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 135, fig. 4f; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121; Ebert et al., 2008: 94; Ebert, 2014: 75, fig. 122; Ebert, 2015: 185, fig. 213; NPOA, 2013: 54; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 19; Last et al., 2016g: 334, fig. 19.125; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1394; Weigmann, 2016: 957.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 7889 [ex ORI B155], SAIAB 11154, SAIAB 25791, SAIAB 25792, SAIAB 25793, SAIAB 25794, SAIAB 25795, SAIAB 25796, SAIAB 25797, SAIAB 25798, SAIAB 25799, SAIAB 25800, SAIAB 25801, SAIAB 25802, SAIAB 48831, SAIAB 48837.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Algoa Bay (EC).

Remarks: Hulley (1970) who described Raja confundens as a new species synonymized Rajella barnardi as a junior synonym of R. leoparda . However, Stehmann (1995) examined the holotypes of both and revived R. barnardi as a valid species and synonymized R. confundens as a junior synonym.

Conservation status: LC (2004).