Family PLESIOBATIDAE

Plesiobatidae

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Introduction

The family Plesiobatidae comprises a single genus and species, Plesiobatis daviesi, found in the waters of the Indo-west-central Pacific, including Australia. Plesiobatis daviesi was previously included in the Urolophidae, but Nishida (1990) placed the species in its own family. This placement was recognised by Compagno & Last (1999), but not by Last & Stevens (1994) who retained P. daviesi in the Urolophidae, but subsequently recognised the family Plesiobatidae (Last & Stevens 2009; Séret & Last 2016, Nelson et al. 2016).

The deepwater stingray is found on the continental slope and reaches a maximum length of 2.7 m.

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 1467-1468 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.

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

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

Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons 5, 752 pp.

Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108

Séret, B. & Last, P.R. 2016. Giant Stingarees. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 674-675 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.

Common Name References

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp. [61] (Deepwater Stingray)

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