Malacoraja spinacidermis ( Barnard, 1923 )

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 : 82

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scientific name	Malacoraja spinacidermis ( Barnard, 1923 )
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Malacoraja spinacidermis ( Barnard, 1923) View in CoL View at ENA

Roughskin Skate

Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923: 440 View in CoL . Holotype (unique): BMNH 1935.7 .19.7. Type locality: South Africa (exact locality unknown).

Local synonymy: Raia spinacidermis: Barnard, 1923: 440 View in CoL ; Barnard, 1925: 73, fig. 6, pl. 4: Fowler, 1941: 392; Smith, 1949a: 66 (in part, South Africa, not Raia durbanensis View in CoL , in synonymy); Smith, 1965: 66 (in part, South Africa).? Raia plutonia : Barnard, 1925: 68 (in part, also including holotype of Raia albalinea von Bonde & Swart, 1923 View in CoL = R. caudaspinosa View in CoL ). Raja spinacidermis: Norman, 1935: 46 View in CoL ; Hulley, 1970: 173, pl. 4; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley & Stehmann, 1977: 227, figs. 1–5; Hulley, 1986: 125, fig. 25.19. Raja (Malacoraja) spinacidermis: Compagno et al., 1989 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 97; Ebert et al., 1991: 76. Malacoraja spinacidermis: Compagno, 1999: 116 View in CoL ; Stehmann, 1995: 28; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 5e; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 120; Ebert et al., 2008: 91; NPOA, 2013: 55; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert, 2015: 181, fig. 205; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 23; Last et al., 2016g: 296, fig. 19.87; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1386; Séret, 2016: 1345; Weigmann, 2016: 950.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: BMNH 1935.7 .19.7. Non-type: SAIAB 27330 View Materials .

South African distribution: The Orange River (NP) to Cape Point (WC).

Remarks: This species also occurs in the North Atlantic, but its distribution north of South Africa is patchy. Morphological and molecular comparison of specimens from South Africa and the North Atlantic may confirm if it is the same species or if they are different.

Conservation status: LC (2020).