Neotrygon
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Neotrygon kuhlii |
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| Castelnau , 1873 |
The genus maskray belongs to the family of stingrays (Dasyatidae). The species of the genus live in the Indian Ocean between the Red Sea and the western edge of the Pacific . For a long time, their species were assigned to the stingrays ( Dasyatis ), but more recent investigations of the morphology and molecular composition led to the (re) segregation of the independent genus Neotrygon .
features
The species of the genus differ from other stingrays by a striking pattern around the eyes, reminiscent of a mask. In addition, they have an atypically short tail with pronounced fin folds on the top and bottom and a thread-thin tip.
Species of the genus Neotrygon
- Neotrygon annotata ( Last , 1987)
- Neotrygon australiae Last et al., 2016
- Neotrygon bobwardi Borsa, Arlyza, Shen & Hoareau 2017
- Neotrygon caeruleopunctata Last et al., 2016
- Neotrygon indica Pavan-Kumar et al., 2017
- Gray stingray ( Neotrygon kuhlii ) ( Müller & Henle , 1841)
- Masked stingray ( Neotrygon leylandi ) (Last, 1987)
- Neotrygon malaccensis Borsa, Arlyza, Shen & Hoareau 2017
- Neotrygon moluccensis Borsa, Arlyza, Shen & Hoareau 2017
- Neotrygon ningalooensis Last, White & Puckridge, 2010
- Neotrygon orientale Last et al., 2016
- Neotrygon picta Last & White, 2008
- Neotrygon trigonoides Castelnau, 1873
- Neotrygon vali Borsa, 2017
- Neotrygon westpapuensis Borsa, Arlyza, Shen & Hoareau 2017
literature
- Last, PR, White, WT & Séret, B. (2016): Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa , Vol 4083, No 4. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4083.4.5
- Philippe Borsa, Irma S. Arlyza, Thierry B. Hoareau and Kang-Ning Shen. 2017. Diagnostic Description and Geographic Distribution of Four New Cryptic Species of the Blue-spotted Maskray Species Complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae; Neotrygon spp.) Based on DNA Sequences. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. DOI: 10.1007 / s00343-018-7056-2
Web links
Commons : Neotrygon - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Neotrygon on Fishbase.org (English)