Species Urolophus piperatus Séret & Last, 2003

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• Urolophus piperatus Séret, B. & Last, P. 2003. Description of four new stingarees of the genus Urolophus (Batoidea: Urolophidae) from the Coral Sea, south-west Pacific. Cybium 27(4): 307-320 [317, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.1156-04, off Marion Reef, QLD [19°57´S, 151°44´E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.718-37; CSIRO H.1102-05; CSIRO H.1113-05; CSIRO H.2449-01; CSIRO H.3551-03; MNHP 2002-0117.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Urolophus sp. B. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.
  Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.V.J. 1999. Family Urolophidae. pp. 1469-1476 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. [1476]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East of Flinders Reefs (17°33´S) to off Moreton Island, QLD; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

170-370 m

 

General References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [423]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Coral Sea Stingaree)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	MYLIOBATIFORMES	23-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		25-Mar-2010	MODIFIED