Species Narcinops lasti (Carvalho & Séret, 2002)
Western Numbfish
- Narcine lasti 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 [396, figs 1-6].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H1036-03, north of Cape Lambert, WA [19°06´S, 117°08´E].
Paratype(s) AM I.31174-010; CSIRO H1035-01; CSIRO 1035-02; CSIRO 1035-03; CSIRO 1036-01; CSIRO 2597-08-09; CSIRO 3222-06; CSIRO 4070-06-08; MNHP 1996-1556; NMV A.1798; WAM P.26208-025.
Generic Combinations
- Narcinops lasti (Carvalho & Séret, 2002). —
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
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Green Head, WA (ca. 30ºS) to Melville Island, NT; tropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
170–350 m.
General References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [376] (as Narcine sp. B)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [319] (as Narcine lasti)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [376] (as Narcine sp. B) (Western Numbfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Numbfish)
History of changes
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