Biology:Maculabatis randalli

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Arabian Banded Whipray
The stingray Maculabatis randalli, displaying a vaguely kite-like shape, resting on sediment, photographed from above
Maculabatis randalli
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Maculabatis
Species:
M. randalli
Binomial name
Maculabatis randalli
(Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & A. B. M. Moore, 2012)
Synonyms
  • Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore, 2012

Maculabatis randalli, the Arabian banded whipray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[1] It is native to the Persian Gulf. It reaches a length of 41.2 cm (16.2 in). [2]

Etymology

The ray is named in honor of John E. Randall (1924–2020), of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[3]


References

  1. Last, P.R., B.M. Manjaji-Matsumoto and A.B.M. Moore, 2012. Himantura randalli sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa 3327:20–32.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Maculabatis randalli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/myliobatiformes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q81850130 entry