Species Pavoraja umbrosa Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008
Dusky Skate
- Pavoraja umbrosa Last, P.R., Mallick, S. & Yearsley, G.K. 2008. A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Zootaxa 1812: 1-45 [37].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO T.1367 ♂, off Stradbroke Island, QLD [27°40'S, 153°56'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.157–01; CSIRO T.1363–T.1366; CSIRO T.1368; AM I.19093–005; AM I.20301–023; AM I.21776–006; AM I.21789–003; AM I.21795–011.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Off Moreton Island, QLD to off Cape Hawke, NSW; subtropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
360-730 m
General References
Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Families Rajidae, Arhynchobatidae, Anacanthobatidae. pp. 1452-1466 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. [1461] (as Pavoraja sp. F)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [319] (as Pavoraja sp. F)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [349] (Dusky Skate)
History of changes
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