Maculabatis randalli

Arabian Banded Whipray
The stingray Maculabatis randalli, displaying a vaguely kite-like shape, resting on sediment, photographed from above
Maculabatis randalli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Maculabatis
Species:
M. randalli
Binomial name
Maculabatis randalli
Synonyms
  • Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore, 2012

Maculabatis randalli, the Arabian banded whipray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[1] It is native to the Persian Gulf. It reaches a length of 41.2 cm (16.2 in). [2]

Etymology

The ray is named in honor of John E. Randall (1924–2020), of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[3]


References

  1. ^ Last, P.R., B.M. Manjaji-Matsumoto and A.B.M. Moore, 2012. Himantura randalli sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa 3327:20–32.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Maculabatis randalli". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2022.


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