Hemitrygon longicauda, the Merauke stingray,[1] is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Hemitrygon |
| Species: | H. longicauda
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| Hemitrygon longicauda | |
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Hemitrygon longicauda is found in the Western Pacific, where it is endemic to southern New Guinea. This species reaches a length of 31 cm (12 in). [3]
References
edit- ^ a b Sherman, C.S.; Derrick, D.; Dharmadi, Grant, I & Sianipar, A. (2021). "Hemitrygon longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T104110247A104112674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T104110247A104112674.en. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Last, P.R. and W. White, 2013. Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago. Zootaxa 3722(1):001-021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemitrygon longicauda". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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