An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Gymnura australis
(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Australian Butterfly Ray
Pteroplatea australis
Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886: 575
.
Holotype
: AMS A.9357.
Type
locality: Cape Hawke,
New
South
Wales
,
Australia
.
Local synonymy:
Gymnura
tentaculata—
Filewood, 1973
:11 (PNG).
Aetoplatea
tentaculata—
Kailola, 1987
: 31 (Gulf of Papua; Yule Island).
Gymnura
australis—
Last & Stevens, 2009: 464 (New Guinea); Yokota
et al.
, 2016: 513 (New Guinea);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 224, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(28 spec.)
CSIRO
H 7617-01, female
230 mm
DW, southwest of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°3’3.6” S
,
145°37’52.2” E
,
16 m
depth,
15 Jun. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 7806-01, adult male
430 mm
DW,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’ S
,
145°58’37.8” E
,
18 m
depth,
15 Jun. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 7815-01, female
580 mm
DW, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°0’58” S
,
144°36’7” E
,
22 m
depth,
29 Nov. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 7816-01, female
260 mm
DW, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°1’54” S
,
144°38’58” E
,
22–23 m
depth,
30 Nov. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 8005-01, juvenile male
280 mm
DW,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°12’37.38” S
,
146°3’31.32” E
,
15–18 m
depth,
24 Aug. 2015
;
CSIRO
H 8008-01, juvenile male
270 mm
DW,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’43.44” S
,
145°59’30.12” E
,
18–19 m
depth,
25 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.286 (3 spec.), embryos
92– 94 mm
DW,
Yule Island
,
Central Province
,
Mar. 1966
;
KFRS
E.381, adult male
369 mm
TL,
Yule Island
,
Central Province
,
1 Dec. 1969
; KFRS E.532 (4 spec.), 3 females
261–342 mm
DW,
1 juvenile
male
247 mm
DW, no collection data [possibly part of lot
KFRS
E.110, 5 spec.,
Yule Island
,
Jun. 1964
]
;
KFRS
E.603, juvenile male
240 mm
DW, west of
Avirara
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°19’30.24” S
,
146°12’2.16” E
,
10–11 m
depth,
26 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.632, adult male
360 mm
DW, west of
Avirara
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°18’57.54” S
,
146°12’4.2” E
,
8–10 m
depth,
26 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.
635, 440 mm
DW, west of
Avirara
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°19’44.22” S
,
146°13’39.18” E
,
10–11 m
depth,
25 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.636, female
320 mm
DW, west of
Avirara
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°17’34.08” S
,
146°10’34.92” E
,
10–12 m
depth,
25 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.673, juvenile male
260 mm
DW, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°1’54” S
,
144°38’58” E
,
22–23 m
depth,
30 Nov. 2014
;
KFRS
E.691, female
250 mm
DW, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°2’55.8” S
,
145°44’57” E
,
14–16 m
depth,
19 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.708, juvenile male
280 mm
DW,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°5’24.6” S
,
145°51’7.2” E
,
13 m
depth,
22 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.726, juvenile male
250 mm
DW, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°5’11.4” S
,
145°47’10.8” E
,
20 m
depth,
11 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.727, male
320 mm
DW, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°4’33” S
,
145°47’18” E
,
16–19 m
depth,
7 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.735, adult male
460 mm
DW,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’ S
,
145°58’37.8” E
,
18 m
depth,
15 Jun. 2014
; KFRS E.805, KFRS E.806,
KFRS
E.807, late-term embryos from
720 mm
DW female, southwest of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°5’28” S
,
145°37’31” E
,
18–23 m
depth,
7 Apr. 2015
;
KFRS
E.808, female
609 mm
DW,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’0” S
,
145°58’37.8” E
,
18 m
depth,
15 Jun. 2014
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
as
Gymnura tentaculata
. Very common in the bycatch of the
Gulf
of Papua prawn trawl fishery; also observed in catches of the trap fishery at Wewak on the north coast during recent surveys.