Flapnose ray

Taxobox
name = Flapnose ray


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Rhinopteridae
genus = "Rhinoptera"
species = "R. javanica"
binomial = "Rhinoptera javanica"
binomial_authority = Müller & Henle, 1841
synonyms = The flapnose ray or javanese cownose ray ("Rhinoptera javanica") is a species of fish in the Rhinopteridae family. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and possibly Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons.

ource

* Dudley, S.F.J, Kyne, P.M. & White, W.T. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60129/all Rhinoptera javanica] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.