Round Whip Ray
Maculabatis pastinacoides
- Group: Ray
- Max size: 80 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: EN
This whip ray favours inshore continental shelves and coastal bays near big river mouths, growing to about eighty centimetres across. It bears live young rather than laying eggs, and turns up often as bycatch in southern Borneo trawl and seine fisheries, taken for meat, skin and cartilage. The species is endangered.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Myliobatiformes › Dasyatidae › Maculabatis
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1042868.
FAQ
- Is the Round Whip Ray dangerous to divers?
- The Round Whip Ray is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Round Whip Ray get?
- The Round Whip Ray grows to about 80 cm.