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WoRMS taxon details
Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle, 1841
AphiaID: 217421
AphiaID: 217421
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Taeniura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Taeniura Müller & Henle, 1837 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Taeniura melanospila Bleeker, 1853 Taeniura melanospilos Bleeker, 1853 Taeniura meyemi Müller & Henle, 1841 (misspelling) Taeniura mortoni Macleay, 1883 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs from shallow lagoons to outer reef slopes, and on soft bottoms including banks. Has been trawled from as deep as 430 m off East Africa; most common at 20-60 m depth. Feeds on demersal fishes. Disk width about 180 cm. Not normally aggressive, but it has been responsible for at least one human fatality. May be caught using longlines (Ref. 5213) [details] Spelling: same spelling in 3263 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Taeniura meyeni 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=217421 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||
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