Leucoraja wallacei

• Main Authors: Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Rajiformes; Rajidae; Leucoraja; Leucoraja wallacei; Malacoraja; Cowley; Indian; Common skate
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4697721; https://zenodo.org/record/4697721

Leucoraja wallacei (Hulley, 1970) Yellowspot Skate Raja wallacei Hulley, 1970: 210, fig. 19, pl. 12b. Holotype: ORI B.155. Type locality: Off Cape Town, 34°10'S, 17°45'E, South Africa. Local synonymy : Raia barnardi : Smith, 1949a: 67, pl. 3 (in part); Smith, 1965: 67, pl. 3 (in part). Raia caudaspinosa : Smith, 1949a: 67, fig. 72 (in part); Smith, 1965: 67, fig. 72 (in part). Raja barnardi : Wallace, 1967a: 39, figs. 20–21. Raja wallacei : Hulley, 1970: 210, 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, pl.; Compagno et al ., 1991: 96; Ebert et al ., 1991: 75. Leucoraja wallacei : 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, SAIAB 8262, SAIAB 21914, SAIAB 25750, SAIAB 25979, SAIAB 25980, SAIAB 25981, SAIAB 25982, SAIAB 25983, SAIAB 25984, SAIAB 25985, SAIAB 25986, SAIAB 25988, SAIAB 25989, SAIAB 26233, SAIAB 26234, SAIAB 26235, SAIAB 26236, SAIAB 26237, SAIAB 26238, SAIAB 26239, SAIAB 26240, SAIAB 26248, SAIAB 26249, SAIAB 26250, SAIAB 26290, SAIAB 26328, SAIAB 26329, SAIAB 26397, SAIAB 26398, SAIAB 26399, SAIAB 26400, SAIAB 26438, SAIAB 26457, SAIAB 26458, SAIAB 26459, SAIAB 26460, SAIAB 26461, SAIAB 26462, SAIAB 26463, SAIAB 26887, SAIAB 26888, SAIAB 26889, SAIAB 26890, SAIAB 26891, SAIAB 26892, SAIAB 26893, SAIAB 40957, SAIAB 40958, SAIAB 48519, SAIAB 189019. 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). Genus Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970 Soft Skates Malacoraja (subgenus of Raja ) Stehmann, 1970: 151. Type species: Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950, type by original designation. Genus Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970 Soft Skates Malacoraja (subgenus of Raja ) Stehmann, 1970: 151. Type species: Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950, type by original designation. : Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567 : {"references": ["Hulley, P. A. (1970) An investigation of the Rajidae of the west and south coasts of southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 55, 151 - 220.", "Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.", "Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. 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