Notoraja is a genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae. They are found in deep water in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.[2]
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| Notoraja azurea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 |
| Type species | |
| Raja tobitukai Hiyama, 1940[1]
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Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Notoraja". FishBase. April 2024 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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