Notoraja Explained

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

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

• Notoraja alisae Séret & Last, 2012 (Alis skate)^[1]
• Notoraja azurea McEachran & Last, 2008 (Blue skate)
• Notoraja fijiensis Séret & Last, 2012 (Fiji skate)^[1]
• Notoraja hesperindica Weigmann, Séret & Stehmann, 2021^[2] (Western blue skate)
• Notoraja hirticauda Last & McEachran, 2006 (Ghost skate)
• Notoraja inusitata Séret & Last, 2012 (Strange skate)^[1]
• Notoraja lira McEachran & Last, 2008 (Broken Ridge skate)
• Notoraja longiventralis Séret & Last, 2012 (Long-ventral skate)^[1]
• Notoraja martinezi Concha, Ebert & Long, 2016 (Barbedwire-tailed skate)^[3]
• Notoraja ochroderma McEachran & Last, 1994 (Pale skate)
• Notoraja sapphira Séret & Last, 2009 (Sapphire skate)
• Notoraja sereti White, Last & Mana, 2017 (Papuan velvet skate)^[4]
• Notoraja sticta McEachran & Last, 2008 (Blotched skate)
• Notoraja tobitukai (Hiyama, 1940) (Lead-hued skate)
• Notoraja yurii Dolganov, 2021^[5]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Weigmann, S.. Séret, B.. Stehmann, M. F. W. . amp . 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 . 10.1007/s12526-021-01162-3.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Dolganov, V. N. . 2020 . Notoraja yurii sp. n. (Arhynchobatidae: Rajoidei), a new skate species from the Thalassobathyal Zone of the Indian Ocean . Biologiya Morya . Vladivostok . 46. 1. 60-64. ru.