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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from an old, stuffed specimen residing in Ateneo de Manila Museum taken from Manila Bay. No recent specimens taken (Ref. 47737). Outside distributional range (Ref. 114953).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R., W.T. White, M.R. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor, 2016
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Dwarf whipray, Dwarf whipray, 沃尔窄尾魟, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Urogymninae
Etymology: More on authors: Müller & Henle.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 40 m (Ref. 121773). Tropical; 30°N - 10°N, 34°E - 76°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Northern Indian Ocean: from the Red Sea to western India, including the Persian Gulf.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 16.7 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm WD macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27550)

Demersal on insular and continental shelves, and occasionally found in coastal embayments (Ref.58048). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Caught in large quantities as by-catch of bottom trawl and trammel net fisheries. Utilized for its meat, but of limited value due to its very small size (Ref.58048).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), with histotrophy. Gives birth to litters of 1-2 pups; no reproductive synchronicity. Born at 8-10 cm WD (Ref.58048). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : McEachran, John | Colaboradores

Last, P.R. and L.J.V. Compagno, 1999. Dasyatididae. Stingrays. p. 1479-1505. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9840)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Brevitrygon walga (Müller & Henle, 1841)