Biology:Maculabatis

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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Maculabatis
Himantura gerrardi karachi 1.jpg
M. gerrardi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Subfamily: Urogymninae
Genus: Maculabatis
Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
Type species
Trygon gerrardi
Gray, 1851

Maculabatis is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from the Indo-Pacific. Its species were formerly contained within the genus Himantura.[1]

Species

The genus contains two groups, the "gerrardi-complex" containing spotted species and the "pastinacoides-complex" containing plain species.

References

  1. Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2. PMID 27470808. 

Wikidata ☰ Q26225957 entry