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Species Urolophus expansus McCulloch, 1916

Wide Stingaree, Broadbacked Stingaree


Compiler and date details

14 October 2011 - Douglass F. Hoese

 

Introduction

In the original description no type specimen was designated. McCulloch (1916) indicated that the description was based on two specimens (190-200 mm wide) and indicated that the smallest was figured, with the tail curved to the left. That drawing was subsequently modified, with shading added, but otherwise identical to the original drawing. McCulloch sent that drawing to Waite who published it in 1921, but the image was reversed with the tail curved to the right. In the Endeavour register the type is listed as E.3501, which is the largest specimen with the tail pointing to the right and 3500 and 3502-3505 listed as cotypes. It is possible that McCulloch deliberately reversed the image to make it more similar to the larger specimen with the tail curving to the right, or it was inadvertently reversed in printing. However, Whitley (1940) shows the same image as published by Waite, with the tail curved to the right and labels the drawing as the lectotype, with a disc width of 7.5 inches (= 190 mm). We have not found an earlier designation of the lectotype and here accept the original figured specimen as being designated the lectotype by Whitley. McCulloch also indicated that he had three additional specimens (113-133 mm wide) agreeing with the larger specimens, but there are a total of six specimens listed as types in the register, and it is assumed that the listing of three specimens was an error for four specimens.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Port Lincoln, SA to off Perth, WA (31º05´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

140–420 m.

 

General References

Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 2008. Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [132]

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. [690]

Last, P.R. & Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Urolophidae. pp. 172-181 figs 150-159 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. [177]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [433]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [414]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [27]

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] (128)

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. [200]

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. [47]

Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [33, fig. 47]

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]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (146)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 MYLIOBATIFORMES 22-Jun-2022 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012 08-Aug-2014 MODIFIED
25-Mar-2010 MODIFIED