Hemitrygon longicauda explained

Hemitrygon longicauda, the Merauke stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.^[1]

Hemitrygon longicauda is found in the Western Pacific, where it is endemic to southern Guinea. This species reaches a length of 31cm (12inches).

Notes and References

1. Last, P.R. and W. White, 2013. Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago. Zootaxa 3722(1):001-021.