Family PLESIOBATIDAE
Deepwater Stingray, Giant Stingaree
Compiler and date details
17 October 2019 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese
4 May 2011 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese
Introduction
The family Plesiobatidae comprises a single genus and species, Plesiobatis daviesi, found in the waters of the Indo-west-central Pacific, including Australia. Plesiobatis daviesi was previously included in the Urolophidae, but Nishida (1990) placed the species in its own family. This placement was recognised by Compagno & Last (1999), but not by Last & Stevens (1994) who retained P. daviesi in the Urolophidae, but subsequently recognised the family Plesiobatidae (Last & Stevens 2009; Séret & Last 2016, Nelson et al. 2016).
The deepwater stingray is found on the continental slope and reaches a maximum length of 2.7 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 1467-1468 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.
Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108
Séret, B. & Last, P.R. 2016. Giant Stingarees. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 674-675 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.
Common Name References
Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp. [61] (Deepwater Stingray)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Jun-2024 | MYLIOBATIFORMES | 17-Oct-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |