Whitespotted whipray
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Whitespotted whipray | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Dasyatidae |
Genus: | Maculabatis |
Species: | M. gerrardi
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Binomial name | |
Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
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The whitespotted whipray or sharpnose stingray (Maculabatis gerrardi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in coastal regions including estuaries, in the Indo-Pacific, and has also been recorded in the Ganges River. It reaches a maximum length of 2 metres (6½ ft). As presently defined, it is probably a species complex.[2]
Etymology
The Stingray is named in honor of Edward Gerrard (1810-1910), a taxidermist at the British Museum of Natural History, who with his shark and ray identifications assisted Gray.[3]
References
- ^ Sherman, C.S., Ali, M., Bin Ali, A., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Elhassan, I., Fahmi, Fernando, D., Haque, A.B., Jabado, R.W., Maung, A., Seyha, L., Spaet, J., Tanay, D., Utzurrum, J.A.T., Valinassab, T., Vo, V.Q. & Yuneni, R.R. (2020). "Maculabatis gerrardi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2020: e.T161566A175219648.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Maculabatis gerrardi" in FishBase. October 2008 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- Last, P.R. and L.J.V. Compagno, 1999. Dasyatididae. Stingrays. p. 1479-1505. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome.Error: "Q2633571" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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