Whitespotted whipray
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Maculabatis |
| Species: | M. gerrardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
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The whitespotted whipray or sharpnose stingray (Maculabatis gerrardi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in coastal regions including estuaries, in the Indo-Pacific, and has also been recorded in the Ganges River.[2] It reaches a maximum disc width of 2 m (6.6 ft). As presently defined, it is probably a species complex.[3]
Etymology
The Stingray is named in honor of Edward Gerrard (1810-1910), a taxidermist at the British Museum of Natural History, who with his shark and ray identifications assisted Gray.[4]
References
- ^ Sherman, C.S.; Ali, M.; Bin Ali, A.; Bineesh, K.K.; Derrick, D.; Dharmadi, Elhassan, I.; Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Haque, A.B.; Jabado, R.W.; Maung, A.; Seyha, L.; Spaet, J.L.Y.; Tanay, D.; Utzurrum, J.A.T.; Valinassab, T.; Vo, V.Q.; Yuneni, R.R. (2020). "Maculabatis gerrardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T161566A175219648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161566A175219648.en. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ishihara, H.; Taniuchi, T.; Tanaka, Sho; Srivastava, M.P. (1998). "Investigation of the freshwater elasmobranchs in the River Ganges". Adaptability and conservation of freshwater elasmobranchs. Report of Research Project, Grant–in–Aid for International Scientific Research (Field Research) in the financial year of 1996 and 1997. pp. 41–55.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Maculabatis gerrardi". FishBase. October 2008 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (13 October 2025). "Family DASYATIDAE Jordan & Gilbert 1879 (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- Last, P.R.; L.J.V. Compagno (1999). "Dasyatididae. Stingrays". In K.E. Carpenter; V.H. Niem (eds.). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Rome: FAO. pp. 1479–1505.