Rhynchobatus djiddensis australiae Whitley, 1939b: 245
Rhynchobatus
Rhynchobatus
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
White, William T.
Ko’Ou, Alfred
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
4411
1
1
82
Whitley, 1939 b
Whitley
1939
[151,648,1483,1509]
Chondrichthyes
Rhinobatidae
Rhynchobatus
GBIF
Animalia
Rajiformes
46
47
Chordata
species
australiae
Rhynchobatus djiddensis australiaeWhitley, 1939b: 245, Fig. 14. Holotype: AMS IA.4959. Typelocality: off Manning River mouth, New South Wales, Australia. Local synonymy: Rhynchobatusdjiddensis— Filewood, 1973(in part): 10 (PNG). Rhynchobatusaustraliae— White et al., 2018: 202, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material:None.
Remarks: Filewood (1973)recorded only Rhynchobatus djiddensisfrom PNG; included in synonymy of this species and R. palpebratusby default but may not have encountered both species at that time. Recently verified from coastal fisheries catches from the Milne Bay Provinceand from underwater photographs taken off Kavieng by D. Amon (Lissenung Island).