Species Dipturus wengi Séret & Last, 2008

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• Dipturus wengi Séret, B. & Last, P.R. 2008. A new Australian skate of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae). pp. 99-108 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds). Description of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 021: 1-181 [99].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.891–01 ♂, east of Sydney, NSW [33°43'S,151°54'E].
  Paratype(s) AM 4 lots; CSIRO 11 lots.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Dipturus sp. 3. —
  Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Family Rajidae. 108-124 pp. in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [112]
• Raja sp. I. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [335]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cairns, QLD to off Cape Pillar, eastern TAS and western TAS; tropical, temperate; populations from WA, Indonesia and Philippines thought to be different species

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

485-1165 m

 

General References

Last, P.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. 2016. 19. Skates. Family Rajidae. pp. 204-363 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. [277]

Last, P.R., Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. 2016. Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11-34 [21]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [335] (as Raja sp. I)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [379]

Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Family Rajidae. 108-124 pp. in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [112] (as Dipturus sp. 3)

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [365] (Weng's Skate)

Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Family Rajidae. 108-124 pp. in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [115] (Weng's Skate)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	RAJIDAE	16-Apr-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		15-Mar-2010	ADDED