Species Notoraja azurea McEachran & Last, 2008
Blue Skate
- Notoraja azurea McEachran, J.D. & Last, P.R. 2008. New deepwater skates of the genus Notoraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from southern Australia and the eastern Indian Ocean. pp. 155-172 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds). Description of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 021: 1-181 [156].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.170–01 ♂, east of Seymour, TAS [41°43'S, 148°38'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.162–01; CSIRO H.163–01; CSIRO H.165–01; CSIRO H.166–01; CSIRO H.167–01; CSIRO H.550–06–H 550–07; CSIRO H.622–05; CSIRO H.622–07; CSIRO H.1256–01.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Solitary Islands, NSW to off Perth, WA, temperate
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental rise, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
765-1440 m
General References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (as Notoraja sp. A)
Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Family Rajidae. 108-124 pp. in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [120] (as Notoraja sp. 1)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [339] (Blue Skate)
History of changes
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| 11-Mar-2010 | ADDED |