Species Pavoraja mosaica Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pavoraja mosaica Last, P.R., Mallick, S. & Yearsley, G.K. 2008. A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Zootaxa 1812: 1-45 [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.643–02 ♂, north-east of Whitsunday Group. QLD [19°38'S, 150°33'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.595–01; CSIRO H.595–03–H.595–04; CSIRO H.643–03; CSIRO H.651–01; CSIRO H.652–01–H.652–02; CSIRO H.712–01; CSIRO H.720–09.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pavoraja sp. D. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [317]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Ingham to off Yeppoon, QLD; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

300-405 m

 

General References

Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Families Rajidae, Arhynchobatidae, Anacanthobatidae. pp. 1452-1466 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. [1461] (as Pavoraja sp. D)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [317] (as Pavoraja sp. D)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [346]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [346] (Mosaic Skate)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	ELASMOBRANCHII	15-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
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