Species Pavoraja alleni McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982

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External Links

• Pavoraja alleni McEachran. J.D. & Fechhelm, J.D. 1982. A new species of skate from Western Australia with comments on the status of Pavoraja Whitley, 1939 (Chondrichthys : Rajiformes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 1-12 figs 1-8 [8, figs 7-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.19118 ♂, near Rowley Shoals, NW Australia.
  Paratype(s) WAM P.19117 ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Montebello Islands to north of Bonaparte Archipelago, WA; populations from Mandurah to Shark Bay probably represent different species; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

300–460 m

 

General References

Last, P.R., Mallick, S. & Yearsley, G.K. 2008. A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Zootaxa 1812: 1-45

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [320]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [343]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [320] (Allens Skate)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Allen's Skate)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
11-Mar-2010		23-Mar-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)