Species Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967)

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External Links

• Urotrygon daviesi Wallace, J.H. 1967. The batoid fishes of the east coast of southern Africa. Part 2: manta, eagle, duckbill, cownose, butterfly and sting rays. Investigational Report. Oceanographical Research Institute, Durban 16: 1-56 [8, figs 3-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAIAB 7861, Mozambique Channel, off mouth of Limpopo River, South Africa.
  Paratype(s) ORI B867.

 

Generic Combinations

• Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967). —
  Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108 [98] (changed combination as type of genus Plesiobatis)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay (26ºS) to Rowley Shoals (17º36´S), WA and Townsville, QLD (19º16´S) to Wooli, NSW (29º52´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

275–680 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. [1468]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [420]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [394]

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

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. [1467] (FAO) (Giant Stingaree)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [420] (Deepwater Stingray)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Giant Stingaree)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [17] (Giant Stingaree)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	MYLIOBATIFORMES	20-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		05-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		15-Mar-2010	MODIFIED