Species profile—Maculabatis astra (blackspotted whipray)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Dasyatidae (stingrays) → Maculabatis astra (blackspotted whipray)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Dasyatidae (stingrays)
- Scientific name
- Maculabatis astra (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008)
- Common name
- blackspotted whipray
- WildNet taxon ID
- 32522
- Synonym(s)
- Himantura astra
Himantura sp. A - Alternate name(s)
- black-spotted whipray
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=32522.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
