Maculabatis_randalli

<i>Maculabatis randalli</i>

Maculabatis randalli

Species of cartilaginous fish

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]

Quick Facts Arabian Banded Whipray, Scientific classification ...

Etymology

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


References

  1. [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. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Maculabatis randalli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. [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. Retrieved 13 February 2022.


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