Maculabatis randalli
Appearance
Arabian Banded Whipray | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Dasyatidae |
Genus: | Maculabatis |
Species: | M. randalli
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Binomial name | |
Maculabatis randalli | |
Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]The ray is named in honor of John E. Randall (1924–2020), of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Maculabatis randalli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 February 2022.