Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Dasyatidae > Hemitrygon > Hemitrygon bennettii

Hemitrygon bennettii (Frilltailed stingray; Bennett's stingray; Bennett's cowtail)

Synonyms: Dasyatis benneti; Dasyatis bennetti; Dasyatus bennetti; Trygon bennettii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Bennett's stingray or frilltailed stingray (Dasyatis bennetti, often misspelled benetti or bennettii) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with a wide but ill-defined distribution in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This species is characterized by a rhomboid, yellow-brown pectoral fin disc with a fairly long snout, and an extremely long tail with a correspondingly long ventral fin fold. It measures up to 50 cm (20 in) across. It feeds on fish, and is aplacental viviparous. It is likely caught by demersal fisheries, but the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) does not yet have sufficient information to assess its conservation status.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0