Flapnose ray

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Flapnose ray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhinopteridae
Genus: Rhinoptera
Species: R. javanica
Binomial name
Rhinoptera javanica
Müller & Henle, 1841

The flapnose ray or javanese cownose ray (Rhinoptera javanica) is a species of fish in the Rhinopteridae family. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and possibly Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons.

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