Species Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004

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• Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, P.R. 2004. Rhinobatos sainsburyi n.sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n.sp. —Two New Shovelnose Rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 201-208 [205, figs 3-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.4041-04, north-east of Cape Lambert, WA [19°29'S, 117°35'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO CA.1129; CSIRO CA.3901; CSIRO H.743-01; CSIRO H.757-01; CSIRO H.1048-01; CSIRO H.1050-03; CSIRO H.1058-02; CSIRO H.1090-01; CSIRO H.1091-01; CSIRO H.1091-03; CSIRO H.1091-04; CSIRO CA.1253.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Rhinobatos sp. A. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [284]
• Rhinobatos sp. 2. —
  Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [44]
• Rhinobatos sp. 1. —
  Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [44]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Monte Bello Islands, WA to north-west of Melville Island, NT; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

66–200 m.

 

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [29] (as Rhinobatos sp. 1 and p. 30 as Rhinobatos sp. 4)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [284] (as Rhinobatos sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [312]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [44] (as Rhinobatos sp. 1 and Rhinobatos sp. 2)

 

Common Name References

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [44] (Golden-eyed Shovelnose-Ray, Plain Shovelnose-Ray)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
10-Mar-2010		23-Mar-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)