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List of 184 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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CAAB Scientific Name Authority AS5300 AS5301 Common Created Revised
37 039003 Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) Whitespotted Eagle Ray Whitespotted Eagle Ray 1997-01-01 2017-02-06
37 039902 Aetobatus spp. [an eagle ray] 2012-10-05 2016-11-04
37 039906 Aetobatidae [an eagle ray] 2016-11-04 2016-11-04
37 033001 Sinobatis bulbicauda Last & Séret, 2008 Western Leg Skate 1997-01-01 2008-01-02
37 033003 Sinobatis caerulea Last & Séret, 2008 Indigo Leg Skate 2008-01-02 2012-06-01
37 033002 Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret, 2008 Eastern Leg Skate 1997-01-01 2008-01-02
37 033901 Sinobatis spp. 2012-10-05
37 033000 Anacanthobatidae legskates 1999-08-10 2004-08-17
37 031050 Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904) 2022-04-12 2022-04-12
37 031750 Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876) [a skate] 2004-04-13 2022-03-03
37 031049 Bathyraja irrasa Hureau & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980 2021-08-19 2021-08-19
37 031016 Bathyraja ishiharai Stehmann, 2005 Abyssal Skate 1997-01-01 2022-02-21
37 031751 Bathyraja maccaini Springer, 1971 [a skate] 2004-04-13 2022-02-21
37 031048 Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) [a skate] 2014-01-30 2022-02-21
37 031046 Bathyraja richardsoni Garrick, 1961 Richardson's Skate 2009-03-18 2012-06-01
37 031752 Bathyraja sp. [of Peter McMillan and Andrew Stewart] [a skate] 2004-04-13 2010-09-29
37 031902 Bathyraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031021 Insentiraja laxipella (Yearsley & Last, 1992) Eastern Looseskin Skate Eastern Looseskin Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031022 Insentiraja subtilispinosa (Stehmann, 1989) Western Looseskin Skate Western Looseskin Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031905 Insentiraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031001 Irolita waitii (McCulloch, 1911) Southern Round Skate Southern Round Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031017 Irolita westraliensis Last & Gledhill, 2008 Western Round Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031906 Irolita spp. 2012-10-05
37 031018 Notoraja azurea McEachran & Last, 2008 Blue Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031015 Notoraja hirticauda Last & McEachran, 2006 Ghost Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031019 Notoraja ochroderma McEachran & Last, 1994 Pale Skate Pale Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031020 Notoraja sticta McEachran & Last, 2008 Blotched Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031908 Notoraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031027 Pavoraja alleni McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982 Allen's Skate Allen's Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031023 Pavoraja arenaria Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 Sandy Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031024 Pavoraja mosaica Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 Mosaic Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031009 Pavoraja nitida (Günther, 1880) Peacock Skate Peacock Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031025 Pavoraja pseudonitida Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 False Peacock Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031026 Pavoraja umbrosa Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 Dusky Skate 1997-01-01 2010-09-29
37 031910 Pavoraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031915 Arhynchobatidae 2012-10-22
37 035001 Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) Smooth Stingray Smooth Stingray 1997-01-01 2016-11-22
37 035002 Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880) Black Stingray Black Stingray 1997-01-01 2016-11-22
37 035910 Bathytoshia spp. [a stingray] 2016-11-22 2022-01-20
37 035901 Dasyatis spp. [a stingray] 2012-10-05 2016-11-23
37 035008 Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908) Estuary Stingray Estuary Stingray 1997-01-01 2016-11-22
37 035021 Hemitrygon parvonigra (Last & White, 2008) Dwarf Black Stingray 1997-01-01 2016-11-22
37 035909 Hemitrygon spp. [a stingray] 2016-11-22 2016-11-23
37 035003 Himantura australis Last, White & Naylor, 2016 Reticulate Whipray Reticulate Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035026 Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008 Leopard Whipray Leopard Whipray 1997-01-01 2008-07-24
37 035902 Himantura spp. 2012-10-05
37 035020 Maculabatis astra (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008) Blackspotted Whipray Blackspotted Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035022 Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939) Brown Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035911 Maculabatis spp. [a stingray] 2016-11-23 2022-01-20
37 035028 Megatrygon microps (Annandale, 1908) Smalleye Stingray Smalleye Stingray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035913 Megatrygon spp. [a stingray] 2016-11-23 2022-01-20
37 035012 Neotrygon annotata (Last, 1987) Plain Maskray Plain Maskray 1997-01-01 2008-07-24
37 035004 Neotrygon australiae Last, White & Séret, 2016 Bluespotted Maskray Bluespotted Maskray 1997-01-01 2016-02-25
37 035013 Neotrygon leylandi (Last, 1987) Painted Maskray Painted Maskray 1997-01-01 2008-07-24
37 035030 Neotrygon ningalooensis Last, White & Puckridge, 2010 Ningaloo Maskray 2010-02-05 2012-06-01
37 035029 Neotrygon picta Last & White, 2008 Speckled Maskray 2008-07-24 2012-06-01
37 035031 Neotrygon trigonoides (Castelnau, 1873) [a stingray] 2016-02-25 2016-02-25
37 035903 Neotrygon spp. 2012-10-05
37 035011 Pastinachus ater (Macleay, 1883) Cowtail Stingray Cowtail Stingray 1997-01-01 2014-01-31
37 035904 Pastinachus spp. 2012-10-05
37 035024 Pateobatis fai (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Pink Whipray Pink Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035033 Pateobatis hortlei (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Kailola, 2006) [a stingray] 2018-05-28 2022-09-20
37 035025 Pateobatis jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) Jenkins' Whipray Jenkins' Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035912 Pateobatis spp. [a stingray] 2016-11-23 2022-01-20
37 035010 Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) Pelagic Stingray Pelagic Stingray 1997-01-01 2009-03-18
37 035905 Pteroplatytrygon spp. 2012-10-05
37 035009 Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) Bluespotted Fantail Ray Bluespotted Fantail Ray 1997-01-01 2004-01-06
37 035906 Taeniura spp. 2012-10-05
37 035017 Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841) Blotched Fantail Ray Blotched Fantail Ray 1997-01-01 2010-02-05
37 035907 Taeniurops spp. 2012-10-05
37 035032 Urogymnus acanthobothrium Last, White & Kyne, 2016 [a stingray] 2016-11-23 2022-08-09
37 035027 Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Porcupine Ray Porcupine Ray 1997-01-01 2009-01-06
37 035023 Urogymnus dalyensis (Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008) Freshwater Whipray Freshwater Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035019 Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883) Mangrove Whipray Mangrove Whipray 1997-01-01 2016-11-23
37 035908 Urogymnus spp. [a stingray] 2012-10-05 2016-11-23
37 035000 Dasyatidae stingrays 1999-08-10 2003-06-04
37 027010 Glaucostegus typus (Bennett, 1830) Giant Shovelnose Ray Giant Shovelnose Ray 1997-01-01 2016-11-07
37 027904 Glaucostegus spp. [a giant guitarfish] 2012-10-05 2016-11-07
37 027908 Glaucostegidae [a giant guitarfish] 2016-11-07 2016-11-07
37 037001 Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) Australian Butterfly Ray Australian Butterfly Ray 1997-01-01 2009-01-06
37 037901 Gymnura spp. 2012-10-05
37 037903 Gymnuridae 2012-10-22
37 037002 Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980 Sixgill Stingray Sixgill Stingray 1997-01-01 2008-07-07
37 037902 Hexatrygon spp. 2012-10-05
37 037904 Hexatrygonidae 2012-10-22
37 039002 Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White, Last & Baje, 2015 Banded Eagle Ray Banded Eagle Ray 1997-01-01 2016-06-30
37 039005 Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852) Ornate Eagle Ray Ornate Eagle Ray 1997-01-01 2022-09-13
37 039903 Aetomylaeus spp. 2012-10-05
37 039004 Myliobatis hamlyni Ogilby, 1911 Purple Eagle Ray Purple Eagle Ray 1997-01-01 2009-01-06
37 039001 Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877 Southern Eagle Ray Southern Eagle Ray 1997-01-01 2014-09-04
37 039904 Myliobatis spp. 2012-10-05
37 039905 Myliobatidae [an eagle ray] 2016-11-04 2016-11-04
37 039901 Aetobatus, Aetomylaeus & Myliobatis spp. Eagle Ray 2009-07-28 2016-11-04
37 039000 Myliobatidae, Aetobatidae EAGLE RAYS EAGLE RAYS 1999-08-10 2016-11-04
37 038023 Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967) Giant Stingaree Giant Stingaree 1997-01-01 2006-04-05
37 038901 Plesiobatis spp. 2012-10-05
37 038905 Plesiobatidae 2012-10-22
37 031753 Amblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938) [a skate] 2004-04-13 2012-01-10
37 031041 Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) Boreal Skate Boreal Skate 1997-01-01 2004-02-03
37 031901 Amblyraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031002 Dentiraja australis (Macleay, 1884) Sydney Skate Sydney Skate 1997-01-01 2017-02-17
37 031003 Dentiraja cerva (Whitley, 1939) Whitespotted Skate Whitespotted Skate 1997-01-01 2017-02-17
37 031005 Dentiraja confusa (Last, 2008) Longnose Skate 1997-01-01 2017-02-17
37 031043 Dentiraja endeavouri (Last, 2008) Endeavour Skate 2008-04-17 2017-02-17
37 031030 Dentiraja falloarga (Last, 2008) false Argus Skate 1997-01-01 2017-02-17
37 031038 Dentiraja flindersi Last & Gledhill, 2008 Pygmy Thornback Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031011 Dentiraja healdi (Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008) Leyland's Skate 1997-01-01 2017-02-17
37 031007 Dentiraja lemprieri (Richardson, 1845) Thornback Skate Thornback Skate 1997-01-01 2008-07-28
37 031031 Dentiraja oculus (Last, 2008) Ocellate Skate 1997-01-01 2018-05-28
37 031042 Dentiraja polyommata (Ogilby, 1910) Argus Skate Argus Skate 1997-01-01 2017-02-17
37 031903 Dentiraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031045 Dipturus cf wengi Séret & Last, 2008 [a skate] 2008-04-17 2008-04-17
37 031035 Dipturus acrobelus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Deepwater Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031032 Dipturus apricus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Pale Tropical Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031028 Dipturus canutus Last, 2008 Grey Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031029 Dipturus grahami Last, 2008 Graham's Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031010 Dipturus gudgeri (Whitley, 1940) Bight Skate Bight Skate 1997-01-01 2004-02-03
37 031047 Dipturus innominatus (Garrick & Paul, 1974) New Zealand Smooth Skate 2011-05-03 2012-06-01
37 031033 Dipturus melanospilus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Blacktip Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031036 Dipturus queenslandicus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Queensland Deepwater Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031034 Dipturus wengi Séret & Last, 2008 Weng's Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-17
37 031904 Dipturus spp. 2012-10-05
37 031039 Leucoraja pristispina Last, Stehmann & Séret, 2008 Sawback Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031907 Leucoraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031044 Okamejei arafurensis Last & Gledhill, 2008 Arafura Skate 2008-04-17 2012-06-01
37 031013 Okamejei leptoura Last & Gledhill, 2008 Thintail Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031909 Okamejei spp. 2012-10-05
37 031900 Raja spp. skates 1997-01-01 2003-06-04
37 031040 Rajella challengeri Last & Stehmann, 2008 Challenger Skate 1997-01-01 2008-04-16
37 031911 Rajella spp. 2012-10-05
37 031006 Spiniraja whitleyi (Iredale, 1938) Melbourne Skate Melbourne Skate 1997-01-01 2010-02-05
37 031912 Spiniraja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031037 Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007 Maugean Skate 1997-01-01 2007-06-01
37 031913 Zearaja spp. 2012-10-05
37 031000 Rajidae, Arhynchobatidae SKATE SKATE 1999-08-10 2012-10-19
37 031914 Rajidae 2012-10-22
37 026002 Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Shark Ray Shark Ray 1997-01-01 2022-10-26
37 026901 Rhina spp. 2012-10-05
37 026005 Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 Whitespotted Guitarfish 2008-08-20 2022-10-12
37 026004 Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 Eyebrow Wedgefish 2008-08-20 2016-11-04
37 026900 Rhynchobatus spp. WHITESPOTTED GUITARFISHES WHITESPOTTED GUITARFISHES 2006-09-06 2016-11-04
37 026000 Rhinidae wedgefishes 1999-08-10 2016-11-04
37 027003 Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004 Goldeneye Shovelnose Ray Goldeneye Shovelnose Ray 1997-01-01 2009-01-06
37 027905 Rhinobatos spp. 2012-10-05
37 027907 Rhinobatidae [a guitarfish] 2016-11-07 2016-11-07
37 027009 Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw & Nodder, 1794) Eastern Shovelnose Ray Eastern Shovelnose Ray 1997-01-01 2016-11-07
37 027007 Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004 Spotted Shovelnose Ray Spotted Shovelnose Ray 1997-01-01 2016-11-07
37 027001 Aptychotrema vincentiana (Haacke, 1885) Western Shovelnose Ray Western Shovelnose Ray 1997-01-01 2016-11-07
37 027903 Aptychotrema spp. [a banjo ray] 2012-10-05 2016-11-07
37 027011 Trygonorrhina dumerilii Castelnau, 1873 Southern Fiddler Ray Southern Fiddler Ray 2009-03-18 2016-11-07
37 027006 Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841 Eastern Fiddler Ray 1997-01-01 2016-11-07
37 027906 Trygonorrhina spp. [a banjo ray] 2012-10-05 2016-11-07
37 027909 Trygonorrhinidae [a banjo ray] 2016-11-07 2016-11-07
37 038013 Trygonoptera galba Last & Yearsley, 2008 Yellow Shovelnose Stingaree 1997-01-01 2008-07-21
37 038014 Trygonoptera imitata Yearsley, Last & Gomon, 2008 Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree 1997-01-01 2008-07-21
37 038015 Trygonoptera mucosa Whitley, 1939 Western Shovelnose Stingaree Western Shovelnose Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038016 Trygonoptera ovalis Last & Gomon, 1987 Striped Stingaree Striped Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038017 Trygonoptera personata Last & Gomon, 1987 Masked Stingaree Masked Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038006 Trygonoptera testacea Müller & Henle, 1841 Common Stingaree Common Stingaree 1997-01-01 2008-07-08
37 038902 Trygonoptera spp. 2012-10-05
37 038001 Urolophus bucculentus Macleay, 1884 Sandyback Stingaree Sandyback Stingaree 1997-01-01 1999-12-15
37 038020 Urolophus circularis McKay, 1966 Circular Stingaree Circular Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038002 Urolophus cruciatus (Lacépède, 1804) Banded Stingaree Banded Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038008 Urolophus expansus McCulloch, 1916 Wide Stingaree Wide Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038010 Urolophus flavomosaicus Last & Gomon, 1987 Patchwork Stingaree Patchwork Stingaree 1997-01-01 2004-01-06
37 038003 Urolophus gigas Scott, 1954 Spotted Stingaree Spotted Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038018 Urolophus kapalensis Yearsley & Last, 2006 Kapala Stingaree 1997-01-01 2006-05-02
37 038021 Urolophus lobatus McKay, 1966 Lobed Stingaree Lobed Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038011 Urolophus mitosis Last & Gomon, 1987 Mitotic Stingaree Mitotic Stingaree 1997-01-01 2017-09-18
37 038022 Urolophus orarius Last & Gomon, 1987 Coastal Stingaree Coastal Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038004 Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 Sparsely-Spotted Stingaree Sparsely-Spotted Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038019 Urolophus piperatus Séret & Last, 2003 Coral Sea Stingaree Coral Sea Stingaree 1997-01-01 2004-02-06
37 038024 Urolophus sp. cf viridis [off Stanley] [a stingaree] 1997-01-01 2000-02-15
37 038005 Urolophus sufflavus Whitley, 1929 Yellowback Stingaree Yellowback Stingaree 1997-01-01 1999-12-15
37 038007 Urolophus viridis McCulloch, 1916 Greenback Stingaree Greenback Stingaree 1997-01-01
37 038009 Urolophus westraliensis Last & Gomon, 1987 Brown Stingaree Brown Stingaree 1997-01-01 2004-01-06
37 038903 Urolophus spp. 2012-10-05
37 038800 Urolophus cf paucimaculatus [a stingaree] 2006-08-09 2006-08-09
37 038904 Urolophidae 2012-10-22
37 027901 Aptychotrema rostrata & Rhinobatos typus eastern shovelnose ray, giant shovelnose ray 2001-08-19 2016-11-07
37 027000 Rhinobatidae, Glaucostegidae, Trygonorrhinidae guitarfishes 1999-08-10 2016-11-04
37 037000 Gymnuridae, Hexatrygonidae butterfly rays and sixgill stingrays 1999-08-10
37 038000 Urolophidae, Plesiobatidae stingarees & giant stingarees 1999-08-10 2006-04-06
37 027902 Aptychotrema & Rhinobatos spp. SHOVELNOSE RAYS SHOVELNOSE RAYS 2006-09-06 2016-11-07

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