Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(4): 471-474, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02992
New record of Arabic whipray, Maculabatis arabica (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the Persian Gulf off Iraq
A. Al-Faisal, F. MutlakCorresponding author: A. Al-Faisal © A. Al-Faisal, F. Mutlak. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Al-Faisal A, Mutlak F (2020) New record of Arabic whipray, Maculabatis arabica (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the Persian Gulf off Iraq. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(4): 471-474. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02992 |  |
Abstract
The first occurrence of Arabic whipray, Maculabatis arabica Manjaji-Matsumoto et Last, 2016, is reported from the Persian Gulf off Iraq. The sample was collected using a trawl net in March 2018. Molecular analysis and morphological characters were used for identification. Disc width of specimen 370 mm and disc length 357 mm. The disk is relatively short and broadly rhomboidal. There are narrow spaces between the paired structures on the head. The snout is moderately elongate with a small apical lobe. Pectoral-fin apices are narrowly rounded, pelvic fins moderately large 16.26% DW. Tail very long 825 mm, with two spines. The dorsal disc is uniformly brownish, while the ventral disc is pale.
Keywords
new occurrence, Maculabatis arabica, Persian Gulf, Iraq