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Notoraja sereti White, Last & Mana 2017

Description

Notoraja sereti White, Last & Mana, 2017d

Papuan Velvet Skate

Notoraja sereti White, Last & Mana, 2017d: 220, Figs 1 –8. Holotype: NTUM 10067. Type locality: southeast of Sek Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Local synonymy: Insentiraja subtilispinosa— Fricke et al., 2014: 15 (Madang Province). Notoraja sereti White et al., 2017d: 219, Figs 1 –8 (Madang Province)— White et al., 2018: 216, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (3 spec.) NTUM 10042 (paratype), female 458 mm TL, east of Sek Island, Madang, 5°06' S, 145°53' E, 960–980 m depth, 30 Nov. 2012; NTUM 10067 (holotype), female 459 mm TL, southeast of Sek Island, Madang, 5°07' S, 145°53' E, 980 m depth, 2 Dec. 2012; NTUM 10330 (paratype), adolescent male 363 mm TL, Astrolabe Bay, Madang, 5°21' S, 145°53' E, 800–820 m depth, 14 Dec. 2012.

Remarks: Only recently discovered based on 3 specimens caught during deepwater surveys off Madang Province in 2012; recently described as a new species by White et al. (2017d). Endemic to PNG.

Notes

Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NTUM
Material sample ID
NTUM 10042 , NTUM 10067 , NTUM 10330
Event date
2012-11-30 , 2012-12-02 , 2012-12-14
Verbatim event date
2012-11-30 , 2012-12-02 , 2012-12-14
Scientific name authorship
White, Last & Mana
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Notoraja
Species
sereti
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Notoraja sereti White, 2017 sec. White & Ko'Ou, 2018

References

  • Fricke, R., Allen, G. R., Andrefouet, S., Chen, W. - J., Hamel, M. A., Laboute, P., Mana, R., Hui, T. H. & Uyeno, D. (2014) Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records. Zootaxa, 3832 (1), 1 - 247. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3832.1.1
  • Finucci, B., White, W. T., Kemper, J. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2018) Redescription of Chimaera ogilbyi (Chimaeriformes; Chimaeridae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 4375, 191 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4375.2.2