Species Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873)

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Species Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873)

Banjo Shark, Dumeril's Shovelnose-ray, Fiddler, Fiddler Ray, Green Skate, Magpie Ray, Paritt, Parrit, Southern Fiddler, Southern Fiddler Ray

Rhinobatus dumerilii Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 8. Fishes of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 123-149 [148].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, WA.
Trygonorrhina fasciata guanerius Whitley, G.P. 1932. Studies in Ichthyology No. 6. Records of the Australian Museum 18(6): 321-348 figs 1-3 pls 36-39 [327].
Type data:
Holotype NMV 60178 skin, Glenelg, SA.
Trygonorrhina melaleuca Scott, T.D. 1954. Four new fishes from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11(2): 105-112 figs 1-3 pl. 22 [106, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA F.2769, off Kingscote, Kangaroo Island SA [35°39´S, 137°38´E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Generic Combinations

Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873) [changed combination; species previously of uncertain identity, or as a synonym of T. fasciata]. —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [314]
Trygonorrhina guanerius (Whitley, 1932). —
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [145]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841 [in part, southern distributionl only]. —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [292]
Trygonorhina fasciata guanerius Whitley, 1932. —
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] [15] (variant spelling of generic name)

Introduction

Trygonorrhina dumerilii has been confused with, and misidentified as, Trygonorrhina fasciata in previous literature. Note that the name Southern Fiddler Ray is the formal standard name associated with Trygonorrhina fasciata, but the species has been split into two species, with Trygonorrhina dumerilii restricted to southern Australia; the name Southern Fiddler Ray is more appropriate for Trygonorrhina dumerilii. Donnellan et al. (2015) found that the Magpie Fiddler Ray, Trygonorrhina melaleuca is just a rare colour variant of Trygonorrhina dumerilii.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Australia from eastern Bass Strait, including northern TAS coast to Lancelin, WA; temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

30-205 m

General References

Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [31]

Donnellan, S.C., Foster, R., Junge, C., Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Kilian, A. & Bertozzi, T. 2015. Fiddling with the proof: the Magpie Fiddler Ray is a colour pattern variant of the common Southern Fiddler Ray (Rhinobatidae: Trygonorrhina). Zootaxa 3981(3): 367–384

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Torpedinidae to Rhinobatidae. pp. 101-107 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [106] (as Trygonorrhina fasciata)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [17] (as Trygonorrhina guanerius)

Last, P.R. 1994. Families Torpedinidae, Rajiidae, Rhinobatidae. pp. 154-172 figs 132-149 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [170] (as Trygonorrhina guanerius)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [292] (as Trygonorrhina fasciata)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [313]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [23] (as Trygonorrhina fasciata, in part)

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] [15] (104 as Trygonorhina fasciata, in part, 105 as T. guanerius and 100 as Rhinobatos dumerilii)

Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [143] (as Trygonorrhina fasciata, in part, southern distribution only)

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. [174] (as Trygonorrhina fasciata guanerius)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (122 as Trygonorrhina guanerius)