Dipturus doutrei ( Cadenat, 1960 )

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 : 79

Dipturus doutrei ( Cadenat, 1960)

Javelin Skate

Raja doutrei Cadenat, 1960: 294 , figs. 1–11, 13, 15. Lectotype: MNHN 1959-0041 [ex IFAN]. Type locality: Senegal.

Local synonymy: Raja batis :? Hulley, 1966: 512 (Cape Columbine,? = Raja springeri ). Raja doutrei: Hulley, 1970: 164 , fig. 5, pl. 1b; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 122, fig. 25.11; Stehmann, 1995: 36. Raja (Dipturus) doutrei: Compagno et al., 1989: 90 , pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 95; Ebert et al., 1991: 79. Dipturus doutrei: Compagno, 1999: 116 ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 6b; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119; Ebert et al., 2008: 87; Ebert, 2014: 60, fig. 84; Ebert, 2015: 176, fig. 196; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 21; Last et al., 2016g: 250, fig. 19.41; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1389; Weigmann, 2016: 944.

South Africa voucher material: Ebert et al. (2008) reported on a single specimen at SAM.

South African distribution: West of Cape Town (WC) to southeastern Cape, south of Port Elizabeth (EC) .

Remarks: Several specimens of this uncommon skate were collected off Cape Town and examined, but none were retained.

Conservation status: DD (2009).