Leucoraja wallacei ( 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 : 82

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4697722

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scientific name

Leucoraja wallacei ( Hulley, 1970 )
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Leucoraja wallacei ( Hulley, 1970) View in CoL View at ENA

Yellowspot Skate

Raja wallacei Hulley, 1970: 210 View in CoL , fig. 19, pl. 12b. Holotype: ORI B.155. Type locality: Off   GoogleMaps Cape Town, 34°10'S, 17°45'E, South Africa.

Local synonymy: Raia barnardi View in CoL : Smith, 1949a: 67, pl. 3 (in part); Smith, 1965: 67, pl. 3 (in part). Raia caudaspinosa View in CoL : Smith, 1949a: 67, fig. 72 (in part); Smith, 1965: 67, fig. 72 (in part). Raja barnardi View in CoL : Wallace, 1967a: 39, figs. 20–21. Raja wallacei: Hulley, 1970: 210 View in CoL , fig. b, pl. 12; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–59; Hulley, 1986: 127, fig. 25.23, pl. 6; Walmsley-Hart et al., 1999: 165. Raja (Leucoraja) wallacei: Compagno et al., 1989: 94 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 96; Ebert et al., 1991: 75. Leucoraja wallacei View in CoL : Compagno, 1999: 116; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 133, fig. 4e; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 120; Ebert et al., 2008: 91; NPOA, 2013: 56; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert, 2014: 69, fig. 108; Ebert, 2015: 179, fig. 203; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 19; Last et al., 2016g: 291, fig. 19.82; Weigmann, 2016: 949.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: ORI B.155. Paratype: ORI B.126. Non-types: SAIAB 7841 About SAIAB , SAIAB 8262 About SAIAB , SAIAB 21914 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25750 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25979 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25980 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25981 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25982 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25983 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25984 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25985 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25986 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25988 About SAIAB , SAIAB 25989 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26233 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26234 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26235 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26236 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26237 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26238 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26239 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26240 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26248 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26249 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26250 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26290 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26328 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26329 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26397 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26398 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26399 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26400 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26438 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26457 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26458 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26459 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26460 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26461 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26462 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26463 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26887 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26888 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26889 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26890 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26891 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26892 About SAIAB , SAIAB 26893 About SAIAB , SAIAB 40957 About SAIAB , SAIAB 40958 About SAIAB , SAIAB 48519 About SAIAB , SAIAB 189019 About SAIAB .

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to northern KZN, but most common off the west and south coasts ( Compagno & Ebert, 2007).

Remarks: This is the more abundant of the two Leucoraja species and one of the most common skate species occurring off South Africa.

Conservation status: VU (2020).

ORI

Ocean Research Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Rajiformes

Family

Rajidae

Genus

Leucoraja

Loc

Leucoraja wallacei ( Hulley, 1970 )

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021
2021
Loc

Raja wallacei Hulley, 1970: 210

Hulley, P. A. 1970: 210
1970
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