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Benthobatis yangi Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert, 2003

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
de Carvalho, M. R.; Compagno, L. J. V.; Ebert, D. A. (2003). Benthobatis yangi, a new species of blind electric ray from Taiwan (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). <em>Bull. Mar. Sci.</em> 72(3): 923-939.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Torpediniformes
family
Narcinidae
genus
Benthobatis
species
Benthobatis yangi

Name

Homonyms
Benthobatis yangi Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert, 2003
Common names
Taiwanese blind electric ray in English
Taiwani süvaakurai in Estonian
楊氏深海電鰩 in Chinese
雷魚 in Chinese
電魴 in Chinese
Taiwanese Blind Electric Ray in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  3. de Carvalho, M. R.; Compagno, L. J. V.; Ebert, D. A. (2003). Benthobatis yangi, a new species of blind electric ray from Taiwan (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). <em>Bull. Mar. Sci.</em> 72(3): 923-939.
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