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, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan, Zootaxa 3752 (1), pp. 279-386 : 357-358

Genus Plesiobatis Nishida, 1990

Giant Stingaree / ḏ*Ṛẽé

Plesiobatis Nishida, 1990: 98 . Type by original designation (also monotypic).

Plesiobatis daviesi ( Wallace, 1967)

Giant Stingaree / ẫkḏ*Ṛẽ

Urotrygon daviesi Wallace, 1967: 8 , figs 3–4. Holotype: SAIAB 7861 (ex. ORI B865 ), Mozambique Channel, Limpopo River 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 , 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 , fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (7 spec.) CAS 235431 , juvenile male 778 mm TL, Da-xi, 23 May 2005 ; MNHN 2013- 0475 (tissue accession GN10107 ), female 535 mm TL, Dong-gang, Mar 2012 ; AMNH 258304 (tissue accession GN10118 ), female 514 mm TL, Dong-gang, 19 Mar 2012 ; HUMZ 213851 , juvenile male 487 mm TL, Dong-gang, 20 Mar 2012 ; MNHN 2013-0476 (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 .

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.