Rajella dissimilis ( Hulley, 1970 )

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 : 85-86

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scientific name	Rajella dissimilis ( Hulley, 1970 )
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Rajella dissimilis ( Hulley, 1970) View in CoL View at ENA

Ghost Skate

Raja dissimilis Hulley, 1970: 199 View in CoL , figs. 15, pl. 10 (figs. a–b). Holotype: ZMH 25258 [ex ISH 46-1967 View Materials a]. Type locality: West GoogleMaps of Cape Town, South Africa, 33°47'S, 17°14'E, southeastern Atlantic.

Local synonymy: Raja dissimilis: Hulley, 1970: 199 View in CoL , figs. 15, pl. 10; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 121, fig. 25.10; Stehmann, 1995: 79. Raja (Rajella) dissimilis: Compagno et al., 1989: 98 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 104; Ebert et al., 1991: 77. Rajella dissimilis: Compagno, 1999: 116 View in CoL ; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 135, fig. 5b; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 121; Ebert et al., 2008: 95; Ebert, 2014: 75, fig. 120; Ebert, 2015: 185, fig. 211; Weigmann et al., 2014a: 384; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 19; Last et al., 2016g: 339, fig. 19.130; McEachran & Séret, 2016: 1402; Weigmann, 2016: 958.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: ZMH 25258. Non-types: SAIAB 27140 View Materials , SAIAB 27141 View Materials , SAIAB 27142 View Materials , SAIAB 53231 View Materials .

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to St Francis Bay (EC).

Remarks: A little known, deep-sea skate that is often misidentified with other similar “grey” skates, but its distribution is now known to include northwest Africa.

Conservation status: LC (2004).