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Species in the family or subfamily Plesiobatidae: [ 2 ] records

daviesi, Urotrygon Wallace [J. H.] 1967:8, Figs. 3-4 [Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban No. 16; ref. 21718] Mozambique Channel, off mouth of Limpopo River, about 25°25'S, 33°35'E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 235-240 fathoms. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 7861 [ex ORI B865]. Paratypes: ORI B867 (1). Additional material: ORI uncat. (4). •Valid as Urotrygon daviesi Wallace 1967 -- (Nakaya in Okamura et al. 1982:57, 316 [ref. 8256], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:15 [ref. 6441], Nakaya in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:71, 310 [ref. 8057], Compagno 1986:141 [ref. 5648], Miyake & McEachran 1986:299 [ref. 6153], Miyake & McEachran 1988:373 [ref. 12878]). •Valid as Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace 1967) -- (Nishida 1990:98 [ref. 19783], Chave & Mundy 1994:380 [ref. 22375], Last & Stevens 1994:420 [ref. 23873], Compagno & Last 1999:1467 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:175 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:175 [ref. 26001], Ebert et al. 2002:356 [ref. 26249], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:398 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:104 [ref. 28379], Compagno et al. 2005:69 [ref. 29145], Paxton et al. 2006:186 [ref. 28994], Randall 2007:44 [ref. 30952], Schwartz 2008:28 [ref. 36773], Last el al. 2010:180 [ref. 32461], Ebert et al. 2013:357 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:153 [ref. 34211], Séret & Last 2016:675 [ref. 35014], Kumar et al. 2018:298 [ref. 36178], Psomadakis et al. 2020:211 [ref. 37272], Ebert et al. 2021:90 [ref. 38234], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857], Ebert & Aschliman 2022:598 [ref. 39673], Glaus et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40788]). Current status: Valid as Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace 1967). Plesiobatidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and southern Mozambique east to Hawaiian Islands (U. S. A.), north to southern China and Kyushu-Palau Ridge, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Urolophus Chu [Y.-T.], Hu [A.-S.] & Li [S.] in Chu, Meng, Hu & Li 1981:108 [English p. 115], Fig. 3 (double) [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 4841] South China Sea, depth 462 meters. Holotype: SCSFRI N0428. Paratypes: Shanghai Fish. College N06524 (1), S0007 (1), S07606 (1). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Urolophus marmoratus Philippi 1893. •In the synonymy of Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace 1967) -- (Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], White & Last 2013:238 [ref. 33042], Weigmann 2016:153 [ref. 34211]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace 1967). Plesiobatidae. Habitat: marine.