Biology:Hemitrygon longicauda

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Short description: Species of stingray

Hemitrygon longicauda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Hemitrygon
Species:
H. longicauda
Binomial name
Hemitrygon longicauda
(Last & White, 2013)
Synonyms
  • Dasyatis longicauda Last & White, 2013

Hemitrygon longicauda, the Merauke stingray,[1] is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[2]

Hemitrygon longicauda is found in the Western Pacific, where it is endemic to southern Guinea. This species reaches a length of 31 cm (12 in). [3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sherman, C.S.; Derrick, D.; Dharmadi, Grant, I; Sianipar, A. (2021). "Hemitrygon longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T104110247A104112674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T104110247A104112674.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104110247/104112674. Retrieved 14 August 2023. 
  2. Last, P.R. and W. White, 2013. Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago. Zootaxa 3722(1):001-021.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Hemitrygon longicauda" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q46338920 entry