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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.

 

Common Name References

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp. [61] (Deepwater Stingray)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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