Whiteleg Skate
Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987)
Also calledRaie épineuse (fra) · rejnok indooceánský (ces)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: This appears to be a sub-Antarctic species that is presently known only from off Kerguelen Islands in addition to the one location off Cape Town (WC) (Last et al., 2016 a).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
discussion
Remarks: This appears to be a sub-Antarctic species that is presently known only from off Kerguelen Islands in addition to the one location off Cape Town (WC) (Last et al., 2016 a). Conservation status: DD (2020).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
distribution
South African distribution: Known from two specimens caught west of Cape Town (WC).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: SAM (2) uncatalogued specimens.
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 2420450.