Neoraja stehmanni ( Hulley, 1972 )

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 : 83

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scientific name	Neoraja stehmanni ( Hulley, 1972 )
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Neoraja stehmanni ( Hulley, 1972) View in CoL

African Pygmy Skate

Breviraja stehmanni Hulley, 1972b: 254 View in CoL , figs. 1–5. Holotype: SAM 26636. Type locality: Cape Basin , South Africa.

Local synonymy:? Raia plutonia : Barnard, 1925: 68 (in part). Breviraja stehmanni: Hulley, 1972b: 254 View in CoL , figs. 1–5. Neoraja (Neoraja) stehmanni: Hulley, 1986: 118 View in CoL , fig. 25.5. Neoraja stehmanni: Compagno et al., 1989: 88 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno et al. 1991: 93; Ebert et al., 1991: 76; Stehmann, 1995: 104; Compagno, 1999: 116; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 5f; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 120; Ebert et al., 2008: 92; Ebert, 2014: 71, fig. 110; Ebert, 2015: 183, fig. 207; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 24; Last et al., 2016g: 301, fig. 19.92; Weigmann, 2016: 950.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAM 26636. Non-types: SAIAB 54532 About SAIAB , SAIAB 54999 About SAIAB , SAIAB 64275 About SAIAB .

South African distribution: Endemic. Occurs from southwest of the Orange River (NC) to south of Cape Point and east to Algoa Bay (EC), with a population concentration between Saldanha Bay and Cape Point.

Remarks: This is one of the smallest southern African skate species and is endemic to South Africa. Its distribution appears to be very localized compared to other regional skate species.

Conservation status: LC (2019).