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Neotrygon indica Pavan-Kumar, Kumar, Pitale, Shen & Borsa, 2018

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Seven specimens collected from a landing site in Pukulam in the North Western Province, fish markets in Kottadi, Erinchamman Kovilady, and Vankalai in the Northern Province, and the landing site in Mutur in the Eastern Province. This species may have been misidentified as D. kuhlii in this country (Ref. 120444).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fernando, D., R.M.K. Bown, A. Tanna, R. Gobiraj, H. Ralicki, E.L. Jockusch, D.A. Ebert, K. Jensen and J.N. Caira, 2019
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Neotrygoninae
Etymology: indica: Named fmr its type locality, India..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated.   Tropical

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Indian Ocean: NE India and Tanzania (Ref. 119150), with range extension from first formal report from Sri Lanka (Ref. 120444).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.4 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 119150)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

Pavan-Kumar, A., R. Kumar, P. Pitale, K.-N. Shen and P. Borsa, 2018. Neotrygon indica sp. nov., the Indian-Ocean blue spotted maskray (Myliobatoidei, Dasyatidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, Elsevier Masson, 2018, 341:120 - 130. (Ref. 119150)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).