Species Aetomylaeus caudofasciatus White, Last & Baje, 2015

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• Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Baje, L. 2015. Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea. Ichthyological Research 63(1): 94-109 [Date published 23 July 2015: published first online in 2015, then in journal in January 2016] [98 (5 online) figs 2-5a, 6-7, 11-12].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.6629-01, Bay south of Eagle Point anchorage, Western Australia [16°14.73'S, 124°23.71'E].
  Paratype(s) QM I.33854; QM I.12534; QM I.34830; QM I.27894; CSIRO CA1250; CSIRO CA1149; CSIRO H.958-1--H.958-5; CSIRO H.3919-01; CSIRO CA1254; CSIRO C.4470; CSIRO T684; KFRS.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Aetomylaeus nichofii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [misidentification]. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.
• Aetomylus nichofii (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [misidentification and alternate spelling of species name]. —
  Fowler, H.W. 1941. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli and Ostariophysi obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(13): 1-879 figs 1-30 [467]
• Myliobatis nieuhofii (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [misidentification]. —
  Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin : Veit & Co. pp. 103-200 pls. [177] (mispelling of species name, which has been followed frequently in literature)
• Aetomylaeus niehofii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [misidentification]. —
  Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Douglass F. Hoese & Bray, Dianne, J. 2006. Myliobatidae. pp. 205-209 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [206]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From Dampier Archipelago, WA to Hervey Bay (25º13'S), QLD; tropical, New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

8-117 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [44] (as A. nichofii)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [28]

Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 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. [1517] (as Aetomylaeus nichofii)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [450] (as Aetomylaeus nichofii)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [468] (as Aetomylaeus nichofii)

White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Families Myliobatidae, Aetobatidae. pp. 706-731 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.

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [48] (Barbless Eagle Ray)

Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 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. [1517] (FAO) (Banded Eagle Ray)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (as Aetomylaeus nichofii) (Banded Eagle Ray)

White, W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J. & Mana, R.R. 2017. Sharks and Rays of Papua New Guinea. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Monograph Series 189: 1-327 [276] (Bluebanded Eagle Ray)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [17] (as Aetomylaeus nichofii) (Banded Eagle Ray)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	MYLIOBATIFORMES	20-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		05-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		26-Mar-2010	MODIFIED