Species Pavoraja pseudonitida Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008
False Peacock Skate
- Pavoraja pseudonitida Last, P.R., Mallick, S. & Yearsley, G.K. 2008. A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Zootaxa 1812: 1-45 [30].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.438–01 ♂, Saumarez Plateau, QLD [22°46'S, 154°08'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.436–01; CSIRO H.437–01; CSIRO H.439–01–H.466–01; CSIRO H.600–01; CSIRO H.602–01; CSIRO H.602–03–H.602–05; CSIRO H.602–24; CSIRO H.630–03; CSIRO H.643–01; CSIRO H.644–01–H.644–02; CSIRO H.645–01; CSIRO H.646–01–H.646–03; CSIRO H.647–01; CSIRO H.648–01–H.648–04; CSIRO H.649–01; CSIRO H.650–01; CSIRO H.720–10; CSIRO H.3464–01.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Off Cairns to off Rockhampton, QLD; tropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
210-510 m
General References
Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Families Rajidae, Arhynchobatidae, Anacanthobatidae. pp. 1452-1466 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1461] (as Pavoraja sp. E)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [318] (as Pavoraja sp. E)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [348] (False Peacock Skate)
History of changes
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| 12-Mar-2010 | ADDED |