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Hemitrygon akajei (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Whip stingray
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Common names: Pagi
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Outside distributional range (Ref. 114953). This species was not mentioned in Herre 1953 (Ref. 280), Its form similar to that from Japan and Taiwan, but differs in denticle morphology. Relationship with similar rays in the South China Sea needs to be established (Ref. 47737).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
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

Pastenague du Pacifique, Raya látigo del Pacífico, Red stingray, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Dasyatinae
Etymology:   More on authors: Müller & Henle.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 50 m (Ref. 114953).   Subtropical; 43°N - 23°N (Ref. 114953)

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