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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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
.