Species Narcinops westraliensis (McKay, 1966)

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External Links

• Narcine westraliensis McKay, R.J. 1966. Studies on Western Australian sharks and rays of the families Scyliorhinidae, Urolophidae and Torpedinidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49(3): 65-82 figs 1-6 [73, figs 3, 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.6963, off Shark Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM P.6946-P.6962; WAM P.6964-P.6975; WAM P.6996-P.6999; WAM P.7003-P.7005; WAM P.7009; WAM P.7016; WAM P.7018; WAM P.7031; WAM P.7033; WAM P.7035; WAM P.5027.

 

Generic Combinations

• Narcinops westraliensis (McKay, 1966). —
  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]

 

Introduction

Some earlier records of this spaces from northern areas have been shown to be a separate species, Narcinops ornata (Carvalho, 2008).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay (25º21´S) to Port Hedland (118°35'E), WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

10–70 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [46] (as Narcine westraliensis)

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 (as Narcine westraliensis)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [379] (as Narcine westraliensis)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [323] (as Narcine westraliensis)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [46] (Banded Numbfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Banded Numbfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	ELASMOBRANCHII	16-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		05-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		23-Mar-2010	MODIFIED