Species Notoraja sticta McEachran & Last, 2008
Blotched Skate
- Notoraja sticta 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 [165].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.2954–01 ♂, Great Australian Bight [33°49´S, 130°59´E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.2227–01; CSIRO H.2955–01; AM I.44550–001; SAMA F.6810; SAMA F.6833; CSIRO H.2957–01.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ceduna, SA to Eucla, WA, temperate
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southern Province (8)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
820-1200 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. D)
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. [121] (as Notoraja sp. 2)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [342] (Blotched Skate)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Mar-2010 | ADDED |