Species of cartilaginous fish
Maculabatis arabica, the Arabic whipray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[1]
It is found in the Indian Ocean: around Pakistan and India, and also found in the Arabian Sea.
This species reaches a length of 45 cm (18 in).
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References
- ^ Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. and P.R. Last, 2016. Two new whiprays, Maculabatis arabica sp. nov. and M. bineeshi sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the northern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4144(3):335-353.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Maculabatis arabica" in FishBase. February 2015 version.