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WoRMS taxon details
Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
AphiaID: 212245
AphiaID: 212245
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Dasyatis (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found in sand flats of lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on sand-dwelling invertebrates. The venomous spine can inflict a painful wound. Disc width 40 cm. Apparently rare. May be caught using longlines (Ref. 5213). One of the most commercially important rays in the Western central Pacific (Ref. 9840). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212245 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||
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