Cruriraja parcomaculata (von Bonde & Swart 1923)
- Dataset
- An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Elasmobranchii
- order
- Rajiformes
- family
- Rajidae
- genus
- Cruriraja
- species
- Cruriraja parcomaculata
discussion
Remarks: A very small skate with a limited range from about Durban to southern Mozambique. It has a complicated taxonomic history due to it being described as C. triangularis (Smith, 1964) and most subsequent authors referring to the Eastern and Western Cape form as C. parcomaculata. The issue was resolved by Aschliman et al. (2010) who concluded that C. triangularis is a junior synonym of C. parcomaculata.
discussion
Remarks: A very small skate with a limited range from about Durban to southern Mozambique. It has a complicated taxonomic history due to it being described as C. triangularis (Smith, 1964) and most subsequent authors referring to the Eastern and Western Cape form as C. parcomaculata. The issue was resolved by Aschliman et al. (2010) who concluded that C. triangularis is a junior synonym of C. parcomaculata. Conservation status: LC (2019).
distribution
South African distribution: Occurs from Durban north to the KZN border with Mozambique.
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: BMNH 1935.7. 14.1 (1) (several syntypes C. parcomaculata). SAIAB [former RUSI] 50 (Paratype of C. triangularis), SAIAB 10092, SAIAB 10094, SAIAB 10095, SAIAB 10096, SAIAB 10097, SAIAB 188326, SAIAB 188974, SAIAB 189239.
vernacular_names
Triangular Legskate