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Pastinachus sephen (Forsskål, 1775)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Myliobatiformes
family
Dasyatidae
genus
Pastinachus
species
Pastinachus sephen

Name

Synonyms
Dasyatis gruveli (Chabanaud, 1923)
Dasyatis sephen (Forsskål, 1775)
Dasybatus gruveli Chabanaud, 1923
Dasybatus sephen (Forsskål, 1775)
Hypolophus sephen (Forsskål, 1775)
Pastinachus gruveli (Chabanaud, 1923)
Pastinachus sephen ater (Macleay, 1883)
Raia sancur Hamilton, 1822
Raja sancur Hamilton, 1822
Raja sephen Forsskål, 1775
Trigon forskalii Rüppell, 1829
Trygon sephen (Forsskål, 1775)
Homonyms
Pastinachus sephen (Forsskål, 1775)
Common names
Ada-thirukai in Tamil
Adal-thirikkai in Tamil
Adathirukkai in Tamil
Adavalan-tirike in Tamil
Adavalan-tiriki in Tamil
Athuthirukkai in Malayalam
Banana-tail ray in English
Banana-tail ray in English
Bennett's stingray in English
Cowtail ray in English
Cowtail ray in English
Cowtail ray in English
Cowtail stingray in English
Cowtail stingray in English
Cowtail stingray in English
Cowtail-ray in English
Cá Đuối mối in Vietnamese
Drab stingray in English
Drab stingray in English
Elathirukkai in Tamil
Fantail ray in English
Fantail ray in English
Fantail stingray in English
Fantail-ray in English
Feathertail stingray in English
Feathertail stingray in English
Feathertail stingray in English
Feathertail stingray in English
Frill tailed sting ray in English
Frill-tailed stingray in English
Gadum in Sindhi
Goval-pakat in Marathi
Guergunna in English
Guergunna in English
Gundurru in language.
Kohalepigrokke in Danish
Kottar-thorake in Kannada
Kottivalen-therandi in Malayalam
Krabane thong in Thai
Leik-kyauk tin-kun in Burmese
Lukhmah in Arabic
Madi in Maldivian
Olaival thirukkai in Tamil
Olapadayan thirandi in Malayalam
Olavalan-thirandi in Malayalam
Padaiyan-therandee in Malayalam
Page in language.
Pague in language.
Pari ayam in Malay
Pari bendera in Indonesian

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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