Species Narcinops nelsoni (Carvalho, 2008)
Eastern Numbfish
- Narcine nelsoni Carvalho, M.R. de 2008. New species of numbfishes from Australia, with a key to Australian electric rays of the genus Narcine Henle, 1834 (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). pp. 241-260 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [250].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.719–06, south of Saumarez Reef, Capricorn Channel, QLD [22°53-57'S, 152°59'-153°01'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.719–01–H.719–05; CSIRO H.719–06–H.719–11; NMV A.4390; QM I.18761; QM I.20009; QM I.22095.
Generic Combinations
- Narcinops nelsoni (Carvalho, 2008). —
Last, P.R., Carvalho, M.R. de , Corrigan, S., Naylor, G.J.P., Séret, B. and Yang, L. 2016. The Rays of the World project – an explanation of nomenclatural decisions. Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 1-10. pp. [4] (new combination)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
East of Dunk Island to off Rockhampton, QLD, tropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
140-540 m
General References
Carvalho, M.R. de, Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Narcinidae. pp. 1433-1446 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. [1435, 1437, 1442] (as Narcine sp. C)
Carvalho, M.R. de & Séret, B. 2002. Narcine lasti, a new species of numbfish from western Australia and Indonesia (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 393-408 [405] (as Narcine sp. nov. C)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [374, 377] (as Narcine sp. C)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [320] (as Narcine nelsoni)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [320] (Eastern Numbfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Jun-2024 | ELASMOBRANCHII | 16-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 16-Apr-2012 | 25-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Mar-2010 | ADDED |