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Kingdom Animalia |
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Phylum Chordata |
Class Chondrichthyes |
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Order Myliobatiformes |
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Family Dasyatidae |
Genus Dasyatis |
Dasyatis kuhlii
(Müller & Henle, 1841) |
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Provider: |
Pofeng Lee& Shoou-Jeng Joung |
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Synonyms： |
Amphotistius kuhlii
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Dasyatis kuhli
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Dasybatus kuhli
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Dicerobatis kuhlii
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Raya trigonoides
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Trygon kuhlii
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Citation: |
臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；楊鴻嘉圖鑑 (金) |
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Character: |
Disc thomboid, wider than long; anterior margins slightly convex, meeting at a very blunt angle on the end of the snout; outer margins nearly straight, outer angles blunt. Snout short, not produced, 2.7 to 2.8 in head. Eyes large, prominent. Spiracles deep, small than eyes, close behind eyes. Mouth waved, with two papillae at the bottom; teeth small, unequal, rhombic, cusps as slight keel. Gill openings small, equidistant. No dorsal fin. Ventrals nearly rectangular, obliquely rounded behind. Tail short, nearly 1.5 disc length, above with a short low fold behind the spine, below with a deeper longer one. A vertebral series of depressed tubercles appears on the back. Tail with caudal spine. Specimen in formalin brownish with blue black-edged spots, with a blackish band on the anterior and posterior part of the eye, a light band between the eyes. Tail blackish with irregular rings of white in the distal portion. Ventral surface whitish. |
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Habitat: |
A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs. Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide. Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only its eyes and tail visible. Feeds on c |
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Distribution: |
NULL |
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Name Code: |
383143 |
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Suggested Link |
The Fish Database of Taiwan
FishBase
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