Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906a
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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 About SAIAB , SAIAB 8067 About SAIAB , SAIAB 8270 About SAIAB , SAIAB 11148 About SAIAB , SAIAB 11149 About SAIAB , SAIAB 11150 About SAIAB , SAIAB 12007 About SAIAB , SAIAB 12031 About SAIAB , SAIAB 12194 About SAIAB , SAIAB 13313 About SAIAB , SAIAB 14621 About SAIAB , SAIAB 16518 About SAIAB , SAIAB 17227 About SAIAB , SAIAB 17414 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26903 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26904 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26905 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26906 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26907 About SAIAB , SAIAB 27152 About SAIAB , SAIAB 27153 About SAIAB , SAIAB 27154 About SAIAB , SAIAB 27155 About SAIAB , SAIAB 27156 About SAIAB , SAIAB 44240 About SAIAB , SAIAB 44250 About SAIAB .
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).
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