Round whipray
Species of cartilaginous fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The round whipray (Maculabatis pastinacoides) is a species of stingray within the family Dasyatidae.[2] Populations of round whipray are primarily located in the Malay Archipelago more specifically, parts of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. There is also the possibility this species of stingray exists in areas of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as well.[3] In 2004, the round whipray was assed by the IUCN Red List and determined to be a vulnerable species.[4] The most recent assessment in 2020 has determined this species to now be endangered. While there is no data accumulated to identify the population size of round whiprays specifically, data collected regarding similar whipray species from fisheries in the Malay Archipelago area, indicate a decline in the population of round whiprays.[3]
Round 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. pastinacoides |
Binomial name | |
Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) | |
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