Maculabatis arabica
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]
| Arabic whipray | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Maculabatis |
| Species: | M. arabica |
| Binomial name | |
| Maculabatis arabica Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016 | |
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Maculabatis arabica" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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