- New Zealand eagle ray
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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, 1877The 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
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Myliobatis
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Ovoviviparous fish
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