Longheaded eagle ray
| Longheaded eagle ray | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Aetobatus |
| Species: | A. flagellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Raja flagellum Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | |
The longheaded eagle ray (Aetobatus flagellum) is a species of eagle ray in the family Myliobatidae. It is found in the tropical Indian Ocean off Pakistan, India and Indonesia. It formerly included populations in the northwest Pacific, but these were recognized as a separate species, Aetobatus narutobiei, in 2013.[2] The longheaded eagle ray is found in coastal habitats and regularly in brackish water.[3] It is a relatively small eagle ray, reaching up to 47 cm (1 ft 7 in) in width.[1] It is poorly known, but generally uncommon and considered endangered by the IUCN.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 White, W.T. 2005. Aetobatus flagellum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.White, W.T. 2005.
- ↑ White, W.T.; Furmitsu, K.; Yamaguchi, A. (2013). "A New Species of Eagle Ray Aetobatus narutobiei from the Northwest Pacific: An Example of the Critical Role Taxonomy Plays in Fisheries and Ecological Sciences". PLOS ONE. 8 (12): e83785. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083785
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Aetobatus flagellum" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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