Notoraja

Notoraja is a genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae. They are found in deep water in the Indian and western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Notoraja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Arhynchobatidae
Genus:	Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Notoraja alisae Séret & Last, 2012 (Alis skate)[2]
• Notoraja azurea McEachran & Last, 2008 (Blue skate)
• Notoraja fijiensis Séret & Last, 2012 (Fiji skate)[2]
• Notoraja hirticauda Last & McEachran, 2006 (Ghost skate)
• Notoraja inusitata Séret & Last, 2012 (Strange skate)[2]
• Notoraja lira McEachran & Last, 2008 (Broken Ridge skate)
• Notoraja longiventralis Séret & Last, 2012 (Long-ventral skate)[2]
• 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)

References

1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Notoraja in FishBase. January 2017 version.
2. 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.
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.