Urolophus neocaledoniensis

Séret & Last, 2003



Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Urolophidae

Reference of the original description
Séret, B. & Last, P.R. (2003)
Description of four new stingarees of the genus Urolophus (Batoidea: Urolophidae) from the Coral Sea, South-West Pacific. Cybium, 27(4), 307–320

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Citation: Urolophus neocaledoniensis Séret & Last, 2003: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Short Description
Subcircular disc, width less than 70% total length; medium head (ventral length exceeding 30% total length) and snout (length to eye less than about 16% total length); broad, cartilaginous interorbit exceeding 4% total length; internasal flap skirt-shaped, diverging slightly; no broad lobes on posterolateral border of nostrils; inner margin of spiracle oblique; lateral tail folds absent or rudimentary; no dorsal fin; apices of pelvic fins rounded; 7-10 oral papillae along a "quot;W"quot; line on mouth floor; 95-102 pectoral fin radials; total vertebrae rarely exceeding 150; dorsal surface greyish brown (Ref. 51067).

Distribution
Western Central Pacific: New Caledonia (including the Chesterfield Islands) and the northern part of the Norfolk Ridge. Source: www.gbif.org

Size / Weight / Age
36.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 51067))

Habitat
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 229 - 428 m (Ref. 51067)

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=7449;