Species Pateobatis hortlei (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Kailola, 2006)

• Pateobatis hortlei Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Kailola, P.J. 2006. Himantura hortlei n. sp., a new species of whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Zootaxa 1239: 19-34 [22, figs. 1-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.5155-01, Minajerwi River estuary, Papua, Indonesia [4°56'S, 137°03'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.4915-01; CSIRO H.4916-01; CSIRO H.4917-01; CSIRO H.4549-02; CSIRO H.5285-01; CSIRO H.5977-01-H.5977-02; CSIRO H.5980-05-H.5980-06; CSIRO H.5981-04.

Generic Combinations

• Pateobatis hortlei (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Kailola, 2006). —
  Last, P.R., Naylor, G.J.P. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. 2016. A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa 4139(3): 345-368 [362] (changed combination)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Kimberley Region, WA to NT; tropical, New Guinea

IBRA

Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, marine, soft bottom.

General References

Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M., Naylor, G.J.P. & White, W.T. 2016. Dasyatidae. pp. 522-618 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. [601]

White, W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J. & Mana, R.R. 2017. Sharks and Rays of Papua New Guinea. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Monograph Series 189: 1-327 [252]

Common Name References

Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Naylor, G. 2016. Three new stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific. Zootaxa 4147(4): 377–402 (Hortle's Whipray)

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