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Notoraja Martinezi Sp. Nov., a New Species of Deepwater Skate and The
Zootaxa 4098 (1): 179–190 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.9 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7826AC7-6493-42D3-A0A4-89FEBB5AB3E3 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 FRANCISCO J. CONCHA1,2,7, DAVID A. EBERT3,4,5 & DOUGLAS J. LONG4,6 1Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut. 75 North Eagleville Road – Unit 3043 Storrs, CT, 06269, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 2Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso. Av. Borgoño 16344, Viña del Mar, Chile. 3Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA. 4Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA. 94118, USA. 5South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] state.edu. 6Department of Biology, St. Mary’s College, 1928 St. Mary’s Road, Moraga, California 94575. E-mail: [email protected] 7Corresponding author Abstract A new arhynchobatid skate, Notoraja martinezi, sp. nov., is described from four specimens collected from the eastern Central Pacific from Costa Rica to Ecuador and between depths of 1256–1472 m. The new species is placed in the genus Notoraja based on the long and flexible rostrum and its proportionally long tail with respect to total length. -
Bibliography Database of Living/Fossil Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) Papers of the Year 2016
www.shark-references.com Version 13.01.2017 Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) Papers of the year 2016 published by Jürgen Pollerspöck, Benediktinerring 34, 94569 Stephansposching, Germany and Nicolas Straube, Munich, Germany ISSN: 2195-6499 copyright by the authors 1 please inform us about missing papers: [email protected] www.shark-references.com Version 13.01.2017 Abstract: This paper contains a collection of 803 citations (no conference abstracts) on topics related to extant and extinct Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) as well as a list of Chondrichthyan species and hosted parasites newly described in 2016. The list is the result of regular queries in numerous journals, books and online publications. It provides a complete list of publication citations as well as a database report containing rearranged subsets of the list sorted by the keyword statistics, extant and extinct genera and species descriptions from the years 2000 to 2016, list of descriptions of extinct and extant species from 2016, parasitology, reproduction, distribution, diet, conservation, and taxonomy. The paper is intended to be consulted for information. In addition, we provide information on the geographic and depth distribution of newly described species, i.e. the type specimens from the year 1990- 2016 in a hot spot analysis. Please note that the content of this paper has been compiled to the best of our abilities based on current knowledge and practice, however, -
Breaking with Tradition: Redefining Measures for Diet Description with a Case Study of the Aleutian Skate Bathyraja Aleutica (Gilbert 1896)
Environ Biol Fish (2012) 95:3–20 DOI 10.1007/s10641-011-9959-z Breaking with tradition: redefining measures for diet description with a case study of the Aleutian skate Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert 1896) Simon C. Brown & Joseph J. Bizzarro & Gregor M. Cailliet & David A. Ebert Received: 1 September 2010 /Accepted: 27 October 2011 /Published online: 16 November 2011 # Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract Characterization of fish diets from stomach Aleutian skate Bathyraja aleutica from specimens content analysis commonly involves the calculation of collected from three ecoregions of the northern Gulf multiple relative measures of prey quantity (%N,%W,% of Alaska (GOA) continental shelf during June- FO), and their combination in the standardized Index of September 2005–2007. Aleutian skate were found to Relative Importance (%IRI). Examining the underlying primarily consume the commonly abundant benthic structure of dietary data matrices reveals interdependen- crustaceans, northern pink shrimp Pandalus eous and cies among diet measures, and obviates the advantageous Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, and secondarily use of underused prey-specific measures to diet charac- consume various teleost fishes. Multivariate variance terization. With these interdependencies clearly realized partitioning by Redundancy Analysis revealed spa- as formal mathematical expressions, we proceed to tially driven differences in the diet to be as influential isolate algebraically, the inherent bias in %IRI, and as skate size, sex, and depth of capture. Euphausiids provide a correction for it by substituting traditional and other mid-water prey in the diet were strongly measures with prey-specific measures. The resultant new associated with the Shelikof Strait region during 2007 index, the Prey-Specific Index of Relative Importance (% that may be explained by atypical marine climate PSIRI), is introduced and recommended to replace %IRI conditions during that year. -
Age, Growth, and Sexual Maturity of the Deepsea Skate, Bathyraja
AGE, GROWTH, AND SEXUAL MATURITY OF THE DEEPSEA SKATE, BATHYRAJA ABYSSICOLA A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Alaska Pacific University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science in Environmental Science by Cameron Murray Provost April 2016 Pro Q u est Nu m b er: 10104548 All rig hts reserv e d INF O RM ATI O N T O ALL USERS Th e q u a lity of this re pro d u ctio n is d e p e n d e nt u p o n th e q u a lity of th e c o p y su b mitt e d. In th e unlik e ly e v e nt th a t th e a uth or did n ot se n d a c o m ple t e m a nuscript a n d th ere are missin g p a g es, th ese will b e n ot e d. Also, if m a t eria l h a d to b e re m o v e d, a n ot e will in dic a t e th e d e le tio n. Pro Q u est 10104548 Pu blish e d b y Pro Q u est LL C (2016). C o p yrig ht of th e Dissert a tio n is h e ld b y th e A uth or. All rig hts reserv e d. This w ork is prot e ct e d a g a inst un a uth orize d c o p yin g un d er Title 17, Unit e d St a t es C o d e Microform Editio n © Pro Q u est LL C . -
Skates and Rays Diversity, Exploration and Conservation – Case-Study of the Thornback Ray, Raja Clavata
UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA ANIMAL SKATES AND RAYS DIVERSITY, EXPLORATION AND CONSERVATION – CASE-STUDY OF THE THORNBACK RAY, RAJA CLAVATA Bárbara Marques Serra Pereira Doutoramento em Ciências do Mar 2010 UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA ANIMAL SKATES AND RAYS DIVERSITY, EXPLORATION AND CONSERVATION – CASE-STUDY OF THE THORNBACK RAY, RAJA CLAVATA Bárbara Marques Serra Pereira Tese orientada por Professor Auxiliar com Agregação Leonel Serrano Gordo e Investigadora Auxiliar Ivone Figueiredo Doutoramento em Ciências do Mar 2010 The research reported in this thesis was carried out at the Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar (IPIMAR - INRB), Unidade de Recursos Marinhos e Sustentabilidade. This research was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through a PhD grant (SFRH/BD/23777/2005) and the research project EU Data Collection/DCR (PNAB). Skates and rays diversity, exploration and conservation | Table of Contents Table of Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................. i List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. v List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. viii Agradecimentos ........................................................................................................................ -
Identification Guide to the Deep-Sea Cartilaginous Fishes Of
Identification guide to the deep–sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean FAO. 2015. Identification guide to the deep–sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FishFinder Programme, by Ebert, D.A. and Mostarda, E., Rome, Italy. Supervision: Merete Tandstad, Jessica Sanders (FAO, Rome) Technical editor: Edoardo Mostarda (FAO, Rome) Colour illustrations, cover and graphic design: Emanuela D’Antoni (FAO, Rome) This guide was prepared under the “FAO Deep–sea Fisheries Programme” thanks to a generous funding from the Government of Norway (Support to the implementation of the International Guidelines on the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas project) for the purpose of assisting states, institutions, the fishing industry and RFMO/As in the implementation of FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas. It was developed in close collaboration with the FishFinder Programme of the Marine and Inland Fisheries Branch, Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The present guide covers the deep–sea Southeastern Atlantic Ocean and that portion of Southwestern Indian Ocean from 18°42’E to 30°00’E (FAO Fishing Area 47). It includes a selection of cartilaginous fish species of major, moderate and minor importance to fisheries as well as those of doubtful or potential use to fisheries. It also covers those little known species that may be of research, educational, and ecological importance. In this region, the deep–sea chondrichthyan fauna is currently represented by 50 shark, 20 batoid and 8 chimaera species. This guide includes full species accounts for 37 shark, 9 batoid and 4 chimaera species selected as being the more difficult to identify and/or commonly caught. -
Reproductive Biology of Sympterygia Bonapartii (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in San Matías Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina
Neotropical Ichthyology, 15(1): e160022, 2017 Journal homepage: www.scielo.br/ni DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160022 Published online: 03 April 2017 (ISSN 1982-0224) Printed: 31 March 2017 (ISSN 1679-6225) Reproductive biology of Sympterygia bonapartii (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in San Matías Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina María L. Estalles1, María R. Perier2 and Edgardo E. Di Giácomo2 This study estimates and analyses the reproductive parameters and cycle of Sympterygia bonapartii in San Matías Gulf, northern Patagonia, Argentina. A total of 827 males and 1,299 females were analysed. Males ranged from 185 to 687 mm of total length (TL) and females from 180 to 742 mm TL. Sexual dimorphism was detected; females were larger, heavier, exhibited heavier livers, wider discs and matured at lager sizes than males. Immature females ranged from 180 to 625 mm TL, maturing females from 408 to 720 mm TL, mature ones from 514 to 742 mm TL and females with egg capsules from 580 to 730 mm TL. Immature males ranged from 185 to 545 mm TL, maturing ones from 410 to 620 mm TL and mature males from 505 to 687 mm TL. Size at which 50% of the skates reached maturity was estimated to be 545 mm TL for males and 594 mm TL for females. According to the reproductive indexes analysed, S. bonapartii exhibited a seasonal reproductive pattern. Mating may occur during winter-early spring and the egg-laying season, during spring and summer. Keywords: Elasmobranchii, Reproduction, Skate, South Western Atlantic Ocean. El presente estudio estima y analiza los parámetros reproductivos y el ciclo reproductivo de Sympterygia bonapartii en el Golfo San Matías, Patagonia norte, Argentina. -
XIV. Appendices
Appendix 1, Page 1 XIV. Appendices Appendix 1. Vertebrate Species of Alaska1 * Threatened/Endangered Fishes Scientific Name Common Name Eptatretus deani black hagfish Lampetra tridentata Pacific lamprey Lampetra camtschatica Arctic lamprey Lampetra alaskense Alaskan brook lamprey Lampetra ayresii river lamprey Lampetra richardsoni western brook lamprey Hydrolagus colliei spotted ratfish Prionace glauca blue shark Apristurus brunneus brown cat shark Lamna ditropis salmon shark Carcharodon carcharias white shark Cetorhinus maximus basking shark Hexanchus griseus bluntnose sixgill shark Somniosus pacificus Pacific sleeper shark Squalus acanthias spiny dogfish Raja binoculata big skate Raja rhina longnose skate Bathyraja parmifera Alaska skate Bathyraja aleutica Aleutian skate Bathyraja interrupta sandpaper skate Bathyraja lindbergi Commander skate Bathyraja abyssicola deepsea skate Bathyraja maculata whiteblotched skate Bathyraja minispinosa whitebrow skate Bathyraja trachura roughtail skate Bathyraja taranetzi mud skate Bathyraja violacea Okhotsk skate Acipenser medirostris green sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus white sturgeon Polyacanthonotus challengeri longnose tapirfish Synaphobranchus affinis slope cutthroat eel Histiobranchus bathybius deepwater cutthroat eel Avocettina infans blackline snipe eel Nemichthys scolopaceus slender snipe eel Alosa sapidissima American shad Clupea pallasii Pacific herring 1 This appendix lists the vertebrate species of Alaska, but it does not include subspecies, even though some of those are featured in the CWCS. -
Egg Capsules of the Filetail Fanskate Sympterygia Lima
Ichthyol Res (2013) 60:203–208 DOI 10.1007/s10228-012-0333-8 FULL PAPER Egg capsules of the Filetail fanskate Sympterygia lima (Poeppig 1835) (Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean, with observations on captive egg-laying Francisco Concha • Naitı´ Morales • Javiera Larraguibel Received: 31 October 2012 / Revised: 13 December 2012 / Accepted: 13 December 2012 / Published online: 6 February 2013 Ó The Ichthyological Society of Japan 2013 Abstract A total of 42 egg capsules of Sympterygia lima the Bignose fanskate, Sympterygia acuta (Garman 1877), are examined in this study. Freshly laid egg capsules are occurring exclusively from Brazil to Argentina; the pale yellow-brownish in color and turn to dark brown over Smallnose fanskate, Sympterygia bonapartii (Mu¨ller and time in sea water. Dorsal and ventral surfaces are soft and Henle 1841), ranging from the southwestern Atlantic to the slightly striated. Anterior horns are shorter than posterior Magellan Strait; the Shorttail fanskate, Sympterygia brev- and are arranged in parallel. Posterior horns transition into icaudata (Cope 1877) and the Filetail fanskate, Symptery- long coiled tendrils, which are the first to emerge through gia lima (Poeppig 1835), both restricted to Chilean coasts the cloaca during egg-laying. Notes on oviposition rates are (McEachran and Miyake 1990b; Pequen˜o and Lamilla discussed; these were shown to vary from 4 to 20 days, 1996; Pequen˜o 1997). Phylogenetic interrelationships and with two eggs being deposited each time. The presence of zoogeography within Sympterygia and its sister group, tendril-like posterior horns is not common in rajids. They Psammobatis Gu¨nther 1870 have been investigated by seem to occur only within the genus Sympterygia, McEachran and Miyake (1990a, b) and McEachran and becoming a useful character for distinguishing them from Dunn (1998). -
Zootaxa, a Review of the Australian Skate Genus Pavoraja Whitley
Zootaxa 1812: 1–45 (2008) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2008 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) PETER R. LAST1, STEPHEN MALLICK2 AND GORDON K.YEARSLEY1 1 Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] 2 121A Antill St, Downer ACT 2602, Australia Table of contents Abstract . 1 Introduction . 2 Materials and methods . 2 Genus Pavoraja Whitley . 3 Pavoraja alleni McEachran and Fechhelm . 5 Pavoraja arenaria sp. nov. 13 Pavoraja mosaica sp. nov. 19 Pavoraja nitida (Günther) . 24 Pavoraja pseudonitida sp. nov. 30 Pavoraja umbrosa sp. nov. 37 Key to species of the genus Pavoraja . .43 Acknowledgements . 44 References . 44 Abstract The Australian endemic skate genus Pavoraja Whitley, which contains six species including two valid nominal species (P. alleni and P. nitida) and four new species (P. are na ria sp. nov., P. m o sa ic a sp. nov., P. pseudonitida sp. nov. and P. umbrosa sp. nov.), is redefined based on additional material. Members of the group occur primarily on the outer conti- nental shelf and upper slope in both temperate and tropical Australian seas. The species are strongly partitioned geo- graphically with small- to medium-scale ranges. Pavoraja arenaria is known to have a broad southern distribution but none is widespread in the Australian region. Only two species pairs, P. nitida and P. are na ria (off southern Australia), and P. m os ai c a and P. -
Recent Contributions to the Knowledge of the Skates of Alaska by Duane E
FEATURE Recent Contributions to the Knowledge of the Skates of Alaska by Duane E. Stevenson and James W. Orr Figure 1. Raja binoculata (big skate). Photo by Duane Stevenson. he fish family Rajidae, commonly known imately 30 species worldwide and a North Pacific as the skates, includes about 280 species of assemblage of 6 species ranging from the Gulf of primarily benthic fishes found throughout California to the Bering Sea and into the western Tthe world’s oceans from tropical to cold temperate North Pacific. This North Pacific Assemblage is latitudes. The fishes of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al., thought to be a cluster of closely related species and 2002), the most recent inventory of Alaska’s fishes, will probably be recognized as a separate genus in lists 12 species of skates known to occur in the Gulf the future. The genus Bathyraja, also known as the of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Bering Sea from “soft-snout” skates due to their flexible rostral car- the intertidal zone to depths of over 1500 m, and tilage, includes over 40 species distributed through- at least 2 other species have been discovered in the out the world’s oceans. Bathyraja is the most broadly region since the publication of that volume as de- distributed as well as the most diverse of all the scribed in Bathyraja mariposa: a new species of skate skate genera, and the greatest diversity of Bathyraja (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the Aleutian Islands occurs in the North Pacific. The majority of Alaska’s (Stevenson et al., 2004a) and New records of two deep- skate species are included in this genus, although water skate species from the Bering Sea (Stevenson and some authors include one or two of the species in Orr, submitted). -
Bathyraja Panthera, a New Species of Skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the Western Aleutian Islands, and Resurrection
NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 11 U.S. Department of Commerce March 2011 Bathyraja panthera, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the western Aleutian Islands, and resurrection of the subgenus James W. Orr Duane E. Stevenson Arctoraja Ishiyama Gerald R. Hoff Ingrid Spies John D. McEachran U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Professional Gary Locke Secretary of Commerce National Oceanic Papers NMFS and Atmospheric Administration Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. Scientific Editor Administrator of NOAA Richard D. Brodeur, Ph.D. Associate Editor National Marine Julie Scheurer Fisheries Service Eric C. Schwaab National Marine Fisheries Service Assistant Administrator Northwest Fisheries Science Center for Fisheries 2030 S. Marine Science Dr. Newport, Oregon 97365-5296 Managing Editor Shelley Arenas National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Publications Office 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Washington 98115 Editorial Committee Ann C. Matarese, Ph.D. National Marine Fisheries Service James W. Orr, Ph.D. National Marine Fisheries Service Bruce L. Wing, Ph.D. National Marine Fisheries Service The NOAA Professional Paper NMFS (ISSN 1931-4590) series is published by the Scientific Publications Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, The NOAA Professional Paper NMFS series carries peer-reviewed, lengthy original NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, research reports, taxonomic keys, species synopses, flora and fauna studies, and data-in- Seattle, WA 98115. tensive reports on investigations in fishery science, engineering, and economics. Copies The Secretary of Commerce has determined that the publication of of the NOAA Professional Paper NMFS series are available free in limited numbers to this series is necessary in the transac- government agencies, both federal and state.