Pastinachus ater ( Macleay, 1883 )

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 : 94

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scientific name	Pastinachus ater ( Macleay, 1883 )
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Pastinachus ater ( Macleay, 1883) View in CoL View at ENA

Broad Cowtail Ray

Taeniura atra Macleay, 1883 a: 598 View in CoL . Holotype: AMS I.9762. Type locality: Port Moresby district, Papua New Guinea.

Local synonymy: Dasyatis sephen: Smith, 1957e: 431 View in CoL , pl. 16b; Smith, 1961a: 565, fig. 79c, pl. 108; Smith, 1965: 565, fig. 79c, pl. 108; Wallace, 1967c: 42, fig. 21. Hypolophus sephen View in CoL : Compagno & Heemstra, 1984: 3; Compagno, 1986: 140, fig. 30.12; Compagno et al., 1989: 104, pl. Pastinachus sephen: Compagno, 1999: 117 View in CoL ; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147. Pastinachus ater: Last et al., 2016h: 364 View in CoL ; Last et al., 2016i: 594, fig. 25.65. Pastinachus atrus: Weigmann, 2016: 976 View in CoL .

South Africa voucher material: None examined.

South African distribution: Northern KZN.

Remarks: Smith (1957) first reported this stingray, as Dasyatis sephen , from northern KZN. It appears to be rare in South African waters, which is considered to be the edge of its range.

Conservation status: NE.