Arabic whipray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Maculabatis
Species:
M. arabica
Binomial name
Maculabatis arabica
Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016

Maculabatis arabica, the Arabic whipray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[1] It is found in the Indian Ocean: around Pakistan and India, and also found in the Arabian Sea. This species reaches a length of 45 cm (18 in). [2]

References

  1. Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. and P.R. Last, 2016. Two new whiprays, Maculabatis arabica sp. nov. and M. bineeshi sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the northern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4144(3):335-353.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Maculabatis arabica" in FishBase. February 2015 version.


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