Biology:Trygonorrhina dumerilii

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Trygonorrhina dumerilii
At OdySea Aquarium.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Trygonorrhina
Species:
T. dumerilii
Binomial name
Trygonorrhina dumerilii
Castelnau, 1873

Trygonorrhina dumerilii, the southern fiddler ray, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family. The species is medium-sized with mainly yellow, black, and white colours.[2] T. dumerilii has a maximum size of 1 m (3 ft 3 in),[2] and is common in southern Australia and also the eastern parts of the Bass Strait.[3][4] T. dumerilii is rated least concern on the IUCN Red List.[1][5]

A variant of southern fiddler ray.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21348719 entry