Plesiobatis Nishida, 1990
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Genus Plesiobatis Nishida, 1990 View in CoL View at ENA
Giant Stingaree / ḏ*Ṛẽé
Plesiobatis Nishida, 1990: 98 View in CoL . Type by original designation (also monotypic).
Plesiobatis daviesi ( Wallace, 1967) View in CoL
Giant Stingaree / ẫkḏ*Ṛẽ
Urotrygon daviesi Wallace, 1967: 8 , figs 3–4. Holotype: SAIAB 7861 About SAIAB (ex. ORI B865 View Materials ), Mozambique Channel, Limpopo River GoogleMaps estuary, South Africa, 922 mm DW, 1717 mm TL, 25°25' S, 33°35' E, 430–439 m depth.
Local synonymy: Urotrygon mundus: Chen & Chung, 1971: 28 View in CoL , fig. 20; Shen, 1984a: 77, fig.; Chen & Yu, 1986: 157; Chen & Joung, 1993: 86, pl. 12.9; Chen, 2004: 24. Plesiobatis daviesi: Shen & Wu, 2011: 100 View in CoL , fig.
Taiwan voucher material: (7 spec.) CAS 235431 About CAS , juvenile male 778 mm TL, Da-xi, 23 May 2005 ; MNHN 2013- 0475 About MNHN (tissue accession GN10107 ), female 535 mm TL, Dong-gang, Mar 2012 ; AMNH 258304 About AMNH (tissue accession GN10118 ), female 514 mm TL, Dong-gang, 19 Mar 2012 ; HUMZ 213851 View Materials , juvenile male 487 mm TL, Dong-gang, 20 Mar 2012 ; MNHN 2013-0476 About MNHN (tissue accession GN10182 ), juvenile male 463 mm TL ), NMMB-P HO-296 , female 968 mm TL ; NMMB-P HO- 297 female 1325 mm TL, off Kaohsiung, 22°32′N, 120°07′E, 320 m depth, 21 Mar 2012 GoogleMaps .
Remarks: This species has become more common in fish markets as local fisheries have moved into deeper water. Urolophus marmoratus Chu, Hu & Li in Chu, Meng, Hu & Li, 1981, from the South China Sea is a junior synonym of this species ( White & Last, 2013).
Conservation status: Least Concern.
Chen, J. T. - F. & Chung, I. - H. (1971) A review of rays and skates or Batoidea of Taiwan. Tunghai University, Biological Bulletin 40, Ichthyology Series, 8, 1 - 53.
Chen, J. T. - F. & Yu, M. - J. (1986) A synopsis of the vertebrates of Taiwan. Vol. 1. Taiwan Commercial Press, Tapei, 442 pp.
Chen, C. - T. & Joung, S. - J. (1993) Chondrichthyes. In: Shen, S. - C., Lee, S. - C., Shao, K. - T., Mok, H. - K., Chen, C. - T. & Chen, C. - H. (Eds.), Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, pp. 1 - 960.
Chen, C. - T. (2004) Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4, 175 pp.
Chu, Y. T., Meng, Q. W., Hu, A. S. & Li, S. (1981) Description of four new species, a new genus and a new family of elasmobranchiate fishes from deep sea of the South China Sea. Oceanologica et Limnologica Sinica, 12, 103 - 116.
Shen, S. - C. (1984 a) Synopsis of fishes of Taiwan. Southern Material Centre, INC, Taipei. 533 pp.
Shen, S. - C. & Wu, K. - Y. (2011) Fishes of Taiwan. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung. 896 pp.
Wallace, J. H. (1967) The batoid fishes of the east coast of southern Africa. Part 2, manta, eagle, duckbill, cownose, butterfly and sting rays. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute Durban, 16, 1 - 56.
White, W. T. & Last, P. R. (2013) Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China. Zootaxa, 3752, 228 - 248. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3752.1.14
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Plesiobatis Nishida, 1990
| Ebert, David A., White, William T., Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Last, Peter R., Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Séret, Bernard, Straube, Nicolas, Naylor, Gavin J. P. & De Carvalho, Marcelo R. 2013 |
Urotrygon daviesi
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