Whitespotted whipray

Species of cartilaginous fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whitespotted whipray

The whitespotted whipray or sharpnose stingray (Maculabatis gerrardi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in coastal regions including estuaries, in the Indo-Pacific, and has also been recorded in the Ganges River.[2] It reaches a maximum disc width of 2 m (6.6 ft). As presently defined, it is probably a species complex.[3]

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...
Whitespotted whipray
Thumb
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Maculabatis
Species:
M. gerrardi
Binomial name
Maculabatis gerrardi
(Gray, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Trygon gerrardi J. E. Gray, 1851
  • Trygon macrurus Bleeker, 1852
  • Dasyatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
  • Himantura gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
  • Himantura gerrardii (Gray, 1851)
  • Trygon liocephalus Klunzinger, 1871
Close

Etymology

The Stingray is named in honor of Edward Gerrard (1810-1910), a taxidermist at the British Museum of Natural History, who with his shark and ray identifications assisted Gray.[4]

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.