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Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880)

Raya, Sea Skate

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Elasmobranchii

Order
Myliobatiformes

Family
Dasyatidae

Genus
Hypanus

Species
longus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dasyatis longa (Garman, 1880), Dasyatis longus (Garman, 1880) (misspelling), Trygon longa Garman, 1880 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Status

Vulnerable

Distribution

Distribution: Eastern Central Pacfic: Baja California (Mesico) to Ecuador; including the Galapagos Islands (Froese & Pauly, 2021).

References

  • Froese, R. D. Pauly. Eds. (2021) FishBase World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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