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WoRMS taxon details
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
AphiaID: 217426
AphiaID: 217426
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Aetobatus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Aetobatus de Blainville, 1816 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aetobates narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (misspelling) Aetobatis latirostris Duméril, 1861 Aetobatis narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (misspelling) Myliobatis eeltenkee Rüppell, 1837 Myliobatis macroptera McClelland, 1841 Myliobatis punctatus Maclay & Macleay, 1886 Raia quinqueaculeata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Raja narinari Euphrasen, 1790 Stoasodon narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) | |||||||||||||
| 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] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Usually found in shallow inshore waters. Common around bays, estuaries, off beaches and coral reefs but may cross oceanic basins (Ref. 9862). Swims close to the surface, occasionally leaping out of the water, or close to the bottom (Ref. 3175). Frequently forms large schools during the nonbreeding season (Ref. 7251). Feeds mainly on bivalves but also eats shrimps, crabs, octopus and worms, whelks, and small fishes (Ref.9862). [details] Distribution: N.C. (summer), Bermuda, se. Florida, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; nearly worldwide in tropical waters [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217426 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||
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