Species Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007

CAAB: 37031037

Maugean Skate

Zearaja maugeana Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. 2007. The Maugean Skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) — a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries. Zootaxa 1494: 45-65 [52, figs 4-12].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.3975-01, Macquarie Harbour, TAS [42°21'S, 145°32'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.40748-001; CSIRO H.3747-01; CSIRO H.3976-02; CSIRO H.4486-01; CSIRO H.4487-01; CSIRO H.5544-01.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Zearaja nasuta (Müller & Henle, 1841) [misidentification, see Last & Gledhill (2007)].
Raja sp. L. —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [339]

Introduction

The species is listed as Endangered in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It was also listed as Endangered by the IUCN in 2005.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Bathurst and Macquarie harbours, west coast of TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

To 10 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. [262]

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 [23]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [339 fig. 34.27 pl. 55] (as Raja sp. L)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [387]

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. 2007. The Maugean Skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) — a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries. Zootaxa 1494: 45-65 [45] (Maugean Skate)

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-Jun-2024	ELASMOBRANCHII	21-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
31-Jul-2018	RAJIDAE	28-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		15-Mar-2010	MODIFIED