Notoraja

Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Notoraja
Notoraja azurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Notoraja
Ishiyama, 1958
Type species
Raja tobitukai
Hiyama, 1940[1]

Notoraja is a genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae. They are found in deep water in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.[2]

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Notoraja alisae Séret & Last, 2012 (Alis skate)[3]
  • Notoraja azurea McEachran & Last, 2008 (Blue skate)
  • Notoraja fijiensis Séret & Last, 2012 (Fiji skate)[3]
  • Notoraja hesperindica Weigmann, Séret & Stehmann, 2021[4] (Western blue skate)
  • Notoraja hirticauda Last & McEachran, 2006 (Ghost skate)
  • Notoraja inusitata Séret & Last, 2012 (Strange skate)[3]
  • Notoraja lira McEachran & Last, 2008 (Broken Ridge skate)
  • Notoraja longiventralis Séret & Last, 2012 (Long-ventral skate)[3]
  • Notoraja martinezi Concha, Ebert & Long, 2016 (Barbedwire-tailed skate)[1]
  • Notoraja ochroderma McEachran & Last, 1994 (Pale skate)
  • Notoraja sapphira Séret & Last, 2009 (Sapphire skate)
  • Notoraja sereti White, Last & Mana, 2017 (Papuan velvet skate)[5]
  • Notoraja sticta McEachran & Last, 2008 (Blotched skate)
  • Notoraja tobitukai (Hiyama, 1940) (Lead-hued skate)
  • Notoraja yurii Dolganov, 2021[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Concha, F.J., Ebert, D.A. & Long, D.J. (2016): Notoraja martinezi sp. nov., a new species of deepwater skate and the first record of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 4098 (1): 179-190.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Notoraja in FishBase. April 2024 version.
  3. ^ a b c d Séret, B. & Last, P.R. (2012): New deep water skates of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajoidei, Arhynchobatidae) from the southwest Pacific. Zoosystema, 34 (2): 319-341.
  4. ^ Weigmann, S.; Séret, B. & Stehmann, M. F. W. (2021). "Notoraja hesperindica sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean". Marine Biodiversity. 51 (2). doi:10.1007/s12526-021-01162-3.
  5. ^ White, W.T., Last P.R. & Mana, R.R. (2017): A new species of velvet skate, Notoraja sereti n. sp. (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from Papua New Guinea. Biotaxa 4244 (2): 219-230.
  6. ^ Dolganov, V. N. (2020). "Notoraja yurii sp. n. (Arhynchobatidae: Rajoidei), a new skate species from the Thalassobathyal Zone of the Indian Ocean". Biologiya Morya (in Russian). 46 (1). Vladivostok: 60-64.
Taxon identifiers
Notoraja


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