Aetobatus narutobiei
| Aetobatus narutobiei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Aetobatus |
| Species: | A. narutobiei |
| Binomial name | |
| Aetobatus narutobiei White, Yamaguchi, and Furumitsu, 2013 | |
The Naru Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narutobiei) is a species of cartilaginous fish of the eagle ray family, Myliobatidae. The 2013 discovery of the Naru eagle ray, splits a previously defined species, The longheaded eagle ray (Aetobatus flagellum). A. flagellum was previously considered to have a wide distribution in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Persian Gulf to southern Japan. Although little information exists for this species throughout most of its range, the life history and ecology of this species has been reasonably well studied in Japanese waters, in particular by. Aetobatus flagellum became the focus of much attention in the Ariake Bay region of Kyushu Island due to the significant increase in numbers and the destructive effects this species was considered to have on commercial bivalve stocks in this area.
Bibliography
- White, W.T.; Furmitsu, K.; Yamaguchi, A. (2013). "A New Species of Eagle Ray Aetobatus narutobiei from the Northwest Pacific: An Example of the Critical Role Taxonomy Plays in Fisheries and Ecological Sciences". PLOS ONE 8 (12): e83785. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083785.