Maculabatis arabica
| Arabic whipray | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Maculabatis |
| Species: | M. arabica
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| Binomial name | |
| Maculabatis arabica Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016
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Maculabatis arabica, the Arabic whipray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[1] It is found in the Indian Ocean: around Pakistan and India, and also found in the Arabian Sea. This species reaches a length of 45 cm (18 in). [2]
References
- ^ Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. and P.R. Last, 2016. Two new whiprays, Maculabatis arabica sp. nov. and M. bineeshi sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the northern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4144(3):335-353.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Maculabatis arabica". FishBase. February 2015 version.