Maculabatis Explained

Maculabatis is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from the Indo-Pacific. Its species were formerly contained within the genus Himantura.^[1]

Species

The genus contains two groups, the "gerrardi-complex" containing spotted species and the "pastinacoides-complex" containing plain species.

• Maculabatis ambigua Last, Bogorodsky & Alpermann, 2016 (Baraka's whipray)
• Maculabatis arabica Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016 (Pakistan whipray)
• Maculabatis astra (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008) (Black-spotted whipray)
• Maculabatis bineeshi Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016 (Short-tail whipray)
• Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851) (Whitespotted whipray)
• Maculabatis macrura (Bleeker, 1852)
• Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Round whipray)
• Maculabatis randalli (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & A. B. M. Moore, 2012) (Arabian banded whipray)
• Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939) (Brown whipray)

Notes and References

1. Last, P.R. . Naylor, G.J. . Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. . 2016 . A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights . Zootaxa . 4139 . 3 . 345–368 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2 . 27470808.