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Species Maculabatis astra (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008)

Blackspotted Whipray, Black-spotted Whipray

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA to Moreton Bay, QLD; frequently misidentified as H. toshi and H. uarnak in earlier literature; tropical, New Guinea (Papua)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Inshore to 140 m

 

General References

Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [41] (as Himantura toshi, a misidentification)

Grant, E.M. 1987. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [45] (as Himantura uarnak, misidentification)

Jacobsen, I.P. & Bennett, M.B. 2011. Life history of the blackspotted whipray Himantura astra. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 1249–1268

Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M., Naylor, G.J.P. & White, W.T. 2016. Dasyatidae. pp. 522-618 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. [575]

Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Family Dasyatidae. pp. 1479-1505 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. [1504] (as Himantura toshi, a misidentification)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [405] (as Himantura toshi, a misidentification)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [440]

Marshall, T.C. 1966. Tropical Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. Sydney : Angus and Robertson pp. 239. (as Himantura uarnak)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [51] (as Himantura uarnak, a misidentification)

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 [232]

Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [212, figs 240, 241] (as Himantura toshi, in part, spotted form)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 DASYATIDAE 30-May-2018 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012 16-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
16-Mar-2010 ADDED