Species Dipturus melanospilus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008

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• Dipturus melanospilus Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2008. New skates of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian Seas. pp. 9-51 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds). Description of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 021: 1-181 [34, figs 20-25].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H 715-05 adult male 6699 mm TL, south of Saumarez Reef, Saumarez Plateau, QLD [22°49'S 154°10'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.20118–009; CSIRO 17 lots; QM 3 lots.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Raja sp. H. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [301, 333-334, fig. 34.23, key fig. 11, pl. 56]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Marion Plateau, QLD to off Broken Bay, NSW; subtropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, soft bottom, upper continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

239-695 m

 

General References

Last, P.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. 2016. 19. Skates. Family Rajidae. pp. 204-363 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [264]

Last, P.R., Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. 2016. Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11-34 [21]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [333] (as Raja sp. H)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [374]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2008. New skates of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian Seas. pp. 9-51 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds). Description of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 021: 1-181 (Blacktip Skate)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [374] (Blacktip Skate)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	RAJIDAE	16-Apr-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		24-Mar-2010	MODIFIED