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Leucoraja compagnoi (Stehmann, 1995) Tigertail Skate Raja (Leucoraja) compagnoi Stehmann, 1995: 43, fig. 10. Holotype (unique) ZIN 48406. Type locality: Off South Africa, 30°44'S, 15°18'E. Local synonymy: Raja (Leucoraja) compagnoi: Stehmann, 1995: 43, fig. 10. Leucoraja compagnoi: Compagno, 1999: 116; Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 133, fig. 4d; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 120; Ebert et al., 2008: 90; Ebert, 2014: 68, fig. 105; Ebert, 2015: 179, fig. 201; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016f: 18; Last et al., 2016g: 281, fig. 19.72; Weigmann, 2016: 948. South Africa voucher material: Holotype: ZIN 48406. Ebert et al. (2008) examined 10 uncatalogued specimens at SAM. South African distribution: Endemic. West coast northwest of Strandfontein (WC) to off Port Elizabeth (EC), and KZN. Remarks: Known only from about a dozen specimens, all juveniles, it is likely misidentified with its more common congener L. wallacei. Adult specimens of this species should be saved and sent to either SAIAB or SAM. Conservation status: DD (2019)., 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 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567, {"references":["Stehmann, M. (1995) First and new records of skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes, Rajidae) from the West African continental slope (Morocco to South Africa), with descriptions of two new species. Archiv f ̡ r Fischereiwissenschaft, 43 (1), 1 - 119.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406","Compagno, L. J. V. & Ebert, D. A. (2007) Southern African skate biodiversity and distribution. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 80, 125 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10641 - 007 - 9243 - 4","Ebert, D. A., Compagno, L. J. V. & Cowley, P. D. (2008) Aspects on the reproductive biology of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from southern African waters. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65, 81 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / icesjms / fsm 169","Ebert D. A. (2014) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 2. Batoids and chimaeras. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome, 129 pp.","Ebert, D. A. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 pp.","Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the \" Lost Sharks \" of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730","Last, P. R., Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. (2016 f) Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). In: Last, P. R. & Yearsley, G. K. (Eds.), Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, Hobart, pp. 11 - 34.","Last, P. R., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Weigmann, S. (2016 g) Skates. Family Rajidae. In: Last, P. R., White, W. T., de Carvalho, M. E., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Naylor, G. J. P. (Eds.), Rays of the World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, pp. 204 - 363. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148","Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874"]}