Blackspot Skate
Dipturus campbelli (Wallace, 1967)
Also calledrejnok Campbellův (ces)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Raja campbelli Wallace, 1967 a: 24, fig. 12. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 992 [ex ORI B 804]. Type locality: 24 miles east of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Local synonymy: Raja campbelli: Wallace, 1967 a: 24, fig. 12; Séret, 1989: 127. Raja pullopunctata: Hulley, 1986: 123, fig. 25.15, pl. 6. Raja (Dipturus) campbelli: Compagno et al., 1989: 92, pl. Dipturus campbelli: Compagno, 1999: 116; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 81; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 137, fig. 6 a; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119; Ebert et al., 2008: 86; Ebert, 2014: 62, fig. 95; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016 f: 21; Last et al., 2016 g: 246, fig. 19.37; Weigmann, 2016: 943.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
discussion
Remarks: This poorly known skate was previously misidentified as D. pullopunctatus, but the collection of additional specimens and a re-examination of the type material confirmed it as a distinct species (Compagno et al., 1989). Conservation status: NT (2020).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB [former RUSI] 991 [ex ORI B 804]. Paratype: SAIAB [former RUSI] 992 [ex ORI B 859]. Ebert et al. (2008) examined 13 uncatalogued specimens in the SAM collection. South African distribution: KZN coast to the border with Mozambique.
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 2420204.