Maculabatis
| Maculabatis | |
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| M. gerrardi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Subfamily: | Urogymninae |
| Genus: | Maculabatis Last, & , 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Trygon gerrardi Gray, 1851
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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, & , 2016 (Baraka's whipray)
- Maculabatis arabica & Last, 2016 (Pakistan whipray)
- Maculabatis astra (Last, & , 2008) (Black-spotted whipray)
- Maculabatis bineeshi & Last, 2016 (Short-tail whipray)
- Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851) (Whitespotted whipray)
- Maculabatis macrura (Bleeker, 1852)
- Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Round whipray)
- Maculabatis randalli (Last, & , 2012) (Arabian banded whipray)
- Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939) (Brown whipray)
References[]
- ^ 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. PMID 27470808.
Categories:
- Dasyatidae
- Maculabatis
- Taxa named by Peter R. Last
- Taxa named by Gavin J.P. Naylor
- Taxa named by Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto