Neotrygon caeruleopunctata Last, White, & Séret, 2016

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
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scientific name	Neotrygon caeruleopunctata Last, White, & Séret, 2016
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Neotrygon caeruleopunctata Last, White, & Séret, 2016 View in CoL View at ENA k

Bluespotted Maskray

Neotrygon caeruleopunctata Last, White, & Séret, 2016 View in CoL k: 546, figs. 5c, 6c, 7c, 10. Holotype: MZB unreg. (ex CSIRO H 7852-03 View Materials ). Type locality: Kedonganan GoogleMaps fish market, Bali, Indonesia, 08°45'S, 115°10'E.

Local synonymy: Dasyatis kuhlii: Compagno & Heemstra, 1984: 1 View in CoL , fig. 9; Compagno, 1986: 137, fig. 30.2, pl. 6; Compagno et al., 1989: 104, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 117. Neotrygon kuhlii: NPOA, 2013: 60 View in CoL ; da Silva et al., 2015: 246; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 975. Neotrygon caeruleopunctata: Last et al., 2016h: 358 View in CoL ; Last et al., 2016i: 586, fig. 25.57; Last et al., 2016k: 546, figs. 5c, 6c, 7c, 10.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB [former RUSI] 14851, SAIAB [former RUSI] 17993, SAIAB [former RUSI] 18548.

South African distribution: Durban to northern KZN.

Remarks: First reported from South African waters by Compagno & Heemstra (1984) from off Durban (as Dasyatis kuhlii ). There has been considerable resolution of the “bluespotted maskray” species-complex of the Indo-West Pacific recently, but additional species are likely to be described in the future.

Conservation status: NE.