Rough cownose ray

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Rough cownose ray
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Rhinopteridae
Genus: Rhinoptera
Species:
R. adspersa
Binomial name
Rhinoptera adspersa
Müller & Henle, 1841

The rough cownose ray (Rhinoptera adspersa) is a species of eagle ray in the genus Rhinoptera .

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Distribution

The species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off India, Malaysia, and the East Indies. The validity of this species is questioned though in Compagno's 1999 checklist. [1]

It is also found off the coast of Ajman, United Arab Emirates, as mentioned in a picture of this species in Ajman Museum (which is located in the Emirate of Ajman) as follows: (غُرابي, Rhinopetra adspersa, eagle ray).

Description

Its maximum length is 99 cm (39 in). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Rhinoptera adspersa" in FishBase . October 2013 version.