Soft skate
Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923)
Also calledRaie mollette (fra) · Raie peau hérissée (fra) · Rauhautrochen (deu) · Raya piel áspera (spa) · Samthautrochen (deu) · Sjafnarskata (isl) · dygioji minkštakūnė raja (lit) · rejnok trnokož natý (ces) · tummavatsarausku (fin) · Скат м'який шипуватий (ukr) · Шиповатый м'який скат (ukr) · шиповатый мягкий скат (rus)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: This species also occurs in the North Atlantic, but its distribution north of South Africa is patchy. Morphological and molecular comparison of specimens from South Africa and the North Atlantic may confirm if it is the same species or if they are different.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
discussion
Remarks: This species also occurs in the North Atlantic, but its distribution north of South Africa is patchy. Morphological and molecular comparison of specimens from South Africa and the North Atlantic may confirm if it is the same species or if they are different. Conservation status: LC (2020).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
distribution
South African distribution: The Orange River (NP) to Cape Point (WC).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: Holotype: BMNH 1935.7. 19.7. Non-type: SAIAB 27330.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2419830.