New Zealand eagle ray

New Zealand eagle ray
New Zealand eagle ray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Myliobatis
Species: M. tenuicaudatus
Binomial name
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
Hector, 1877

The New Zealand eagle ray, Myliobatis tenuicaudatus, is an eagle ray of the family Myliobatidae, found in bays, estuaries, and near rocky reefs around New Zealand to depths of 160 m. Its length is up to 150 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Myliobatis tenuicaudatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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