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Maculabatis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Family
  
Dasyatidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Myliobatiformes

Rank
  
Genus

Maculabatis

Similar
  
Freshwater whipray, Himantura, Stingrays, Whiptail stingray

Maculabatis is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from the Indo-Pacific. Its species were formerly contained within the genus Himantura.

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

    Maculabatis Wikipedia
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