Maculabatis

Maculabatis
M. gerrardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
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.

  • Maculabatis ambigua Last, Bogorodsky & Alpermann, 2016 (Baraka's whipray)
  • Maculabatis arabica Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016 (Pakistan whipray)
  • Maculabatis astra (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008) (Black-spotted whipray)
  • Maculabatis bineeshi Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016 (Short-tail whipray)
  • Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851) (Whitespotted whipray)
  • Maculabatis macrura (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Round whipray)
  • Maculabatis randalli (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore, 2012) (Arabian banded whipray)
  • Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939) (Brown whipray)

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.
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