Species Trygonoptera testacea Müller & Henle, 1841

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• Trygonoptera testacea Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin : Veit & Co. pp. 103-200 pls. [174, pl. 57].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia (as New Holland).
• Trygonoptera henlei Steindachner, F. 1866. Über die Fische von Port Jackson in Australien. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 3(7): 50-55 [53] [as Trygonoptera Henlei; described in more detail in Steindachner, F. 1866. Zur Fischfauna von Port Jackson in Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 53(1): 424–480 figs 1–7 [479, pl. 6(4)]].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW 50226, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Trygonoptera muellerii Steindachner, F. 1866. Über die Fische von Port Jackson in Australien. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 3(7): 50-55 [53] [as Trygonoptera Müllerii; described in more detail in Steindachner, F. 1866. Zur Fischfauna von Port Jackson in Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 53(1): 424–480 figs 1–7 [479, pl. 6(5)]].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW 77888, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Trygonoptera australis Steindachner, F. 1866. Über die Fische von Port Jackson in Australien. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 3(7): 50-55 [53] [described subsequently in more detail in Steindachner, F. 1866. Zur Fischfauna von Port Jackson in Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 53(1): 424–480 figs 1–7 [480, pl. 7]].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW 79486, Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [427]

 

Generic Combinations

• Urolophus testaceus (Müller & Henle, 1841). —
  Günther, A. 1870. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, [thru] Leptocardii, in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 8 549 pp. [486]
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [27]

 

Introduction

Records of this species from southern and western Australia are based on misidentifications of other species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Caloundra, QLD (26º48´S) to off Cape Howe, VIC (37º16´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, estuary, inshore, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

To 135 m.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [28] (as Urolophus testaceus)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [21]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [20]

Last, P.R., Yearsley, G. K. & White, W.T. 2016. Stingarees. Family Urolophidae. pp. 676-705 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. [684]

Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.V.J. 1999. Family Urolophidae. pp. 1469-1476 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. [1472]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [427]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [409]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [27] (as Urolophus testaceus, in part, eastern distribution)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [18] (132, as Urolophus testaceus, in part, eastern distribution)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Urolophidae. pp. 197-202 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [199]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [48] (as Urolophus testaceus)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [218] (as Urolophus testaceus in part, east coast specimens only)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (147, as Urolophus testaceus)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [58] (Stingaree, Stingray)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [21] (Common Stingaree)

Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.V.J. 1999. Family Urolophidae. pp. 1469-1476 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. [1472] (FAO) (Common Stingaree)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	MYLIOBATIFORMES	22-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		07-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		25-Mar-2010	MODIFIED