Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016

Dataset
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Last, P. R.; Naylor, G. J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. M. (2016). A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa. 4139(3): 345-368.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Elasmobranchii: order
Myliobatiformes: family
Dasyatidae: genus
Pateobatis

Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto 2016

Genus Pateobatis

A total of 21 specimens were identified as Pateobatis jenkinsii (Figure 6), based on morphology and genetic analysis. As Ahmed (2020) included this species in a checklist (as Himantura jenkinsii), it is not considered a new record for Bangladesh, but it represents the first verified record.

etymology

Etymology. Cryptic combination of the Latin pateo (lie open, be exposed) and batis (skate, ray, flatfish) alluding the eclectic nature of members of this group. Species. P. bleekeri (Blyth 1860), P. f a i (Jordan & Seale, 1906), P. hortlei (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Kailola, 2006), P. jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909), and P. uarnacoides (Bleeker, 1852).

materials_examined

Type species Trygon uarnacoides Bleeker, 1852; newly proposed. Definition. Medium-sized to large dasyatids (adults to 71 – 150 cm DW) characterised by the following: rather depressed to robust, suboval to rhombic disc with pectoral-fin apex narrowly to broadly rounded; snout angular to obtuse, rather short to elongate (1.7 – 5.5 times combined orbit and spiracle length); eye very small to small and protruding slightly; nasal curtain skirt shaped; mouth very narrow to broad, with 2 – 4 oral papillae (absent in P. hortlei); tail short to very long, whip-like (length 1.1 – 4.1 times DW), its base typically narrow and almost circular in cross section; pelvic fins small, produced slightly or almost entirely concealed by disc; dorsal fold and ventral folds absent; caudal sting close to tail base (distance from pectoral-fin insertion to caudal-sting base 1.6 – 2.2 times interspiracular width); 1 – 3 variably developed, pearl-shaped mid-scapular thorns or thorns in row on nape; no shoulder thorns; denticle band well developed with edge typically sharply defined, skin on rest of disc naked or with patchy denticles; no row of enlarged median thorns on tail (except well developed in P. j en k i n s i i and connected with row on disc); posterior tail often with fine denticles or prickly; dorsal surface plain; ventral surface white, disc often dark edged; tail plain, not banded; marine and estuarine, Indo – West Pacific.

Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto 2016

Genus Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016b

Whiprays

Genus Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016b: 362. Type species Trygon uarnacoides Bleeker, 1852, by original designation.

description

Himantura fai Jordan & Seale, 1906: 184, Fig. 2. Holotype: USNM 51712. Type locality: Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 250, figs (PNG).

discussion

Remarks: Previously placed in the genus Himantura.

materials_examined

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) KFRS E. 689, west of Oriomo River, Western Province, 9 ° 4 ’ 26.04 ” S, 143 ° 8 ’ 31.9 ” E, 26 Oct. 2014.

vernacular_names

Whiprays

Name

Homonyms: Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016

Bibliographic References

FishBase
Last, P. R.; Naylor, G. J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. M. (2016). A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa. 4139(3): 345-368.
Last, P. R.; Naylor, G. J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. M. (2016). A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa. 4139(3): 345-368.