Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007

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 : 70

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scientific name	Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007
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Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007 View in CoL

Ornate Sleeper Ray

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22 View in CoL , fig. 1. Holotype: SAIAB 78777 About SAIAB . Type locality: On GoogleMaps reef off Manaba Beach, near Margate, southern KwaZulu-Natal, 30°51.4'S, 30°23.1'E, South Africa.

Local synonymy: Heteronarce View in CoL sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 116. Electrolux addisoni: Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22 View in CoL , fig. 1; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; de Carvalho, 2016: 173, fig. 16.1; Weigmann, 2016: 912.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 78777 About SAIAB . Paratype: SAM 36908 .

South African distribution: Endemic. Presently known off the KZN coast from Tee Barge to Coffee Bay (EC) ( Compagno & Heemstra, 2007).

Remarks: This relatively new genus and species has been known for years by divers along the KZN coast, but was not described until 2007. The known distribution of the species is only within a 310 km stretch of coastline and inside the 50 m isobath ( Compagno & Heemstra, 2007).

Conservation status: LC (2019).