FB-69396 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69396 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Fluviphylacidae Fluviphylax Fluviphylax wallacei Bragança, 2018 Western blue skate 2021-03-17 2024-07-18 Weigmann, S., B. Séret and M.F.W. Stehmann0 <i>Notoraja hesperindica</i> sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Mar. Biodiv. 51(35):1-19. (Ref. 123885) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. <https://www.iucnredlist.org/>. Downloaded 10 Jan 2023. (Ref. 126983) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69405 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-07 00:00:00 2021-04-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69405 This species is distinguished from most of its congeners by the intense dark blue-grayish coloration and large dorsolateral tail thorns. It is further distinct with the following characters: disc evenly inverse heart-shaped, with broadly rounded outer corners; body length to mid-cloaca is shorter than tail length from mid-cloaca; snout very long direct preorbital length 15.1-16.7% TL.; orbits are relatively small, horizontal diameter 0.9-1.2 times interorbital width; dorsal surface nearly completely devoid of denticles except the trunk area close to pectoral axils where bands of few denticles start and continue as more pronounced rows on tail; anterior tail with several short rows of spinules and a rather regular row of small spinules on lateral tail; one small preorbital thorn on each side; a regular or irregular row of about 16-25 small median tail thorns; lateral tail with 2 irregular rows of about 15-25 dorsolateral thorns that are much larger than the median thorns. Colouration when fresh, the dorsal disc plain intense dark blue, somewhat mottled blackish-brown in the orbital and snout regions, pelvic fins and claspers medium brownish blue, tail dark blackish blue; the ventral surface dark (Ref. 123885). Weigmann, S., B. Séret and M.F.W. Stehmann 2021 <i>Notoraja hesperindica</i> sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Mar. Biodiv. 51(35):1-19. (Ref. 123885) FB-Distribution-69405 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-07 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69405 Western Indian Ocean: off southern Mozambique and off northwestern Madagascar. Weigmann, S., B. Séret and M.F.W. Stehmann 2021 <i>Notoraja hesperindica</i> sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Mar. Biodiv. 51(35):1-19. (Ref. 123885) FB-Uses-69405 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-07 00:00:00 2024-08-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69405 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-69405 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-07 00:00:00 2024-08-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69405 53.3 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123885)) Weigmann, S., B. Séret and M.F.W. Stehmann 2021 <i>Notoraja hesperindica</i> sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Mar. Biodiv. 51(35):1-19. (Ref. 123885) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69405 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-07 00:00:00 2024-08-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69405 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1230 - 1600 m (Ref. 123885) Weigmann, S., B. Séret and M.F.W. Stehmann 2021 <i>Notoraja hesperindica</i> sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Mar. Biodiv. 51(35):1-19. (Ref. 123885)