Dasyatis izuensis, a new stingray from the Izu Peninsula, Japan
Autor: | Kazuhiro Nakaya, Kiyonori Nishida |
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Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Zdroj: | Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 35:227-235 |
ISSN: | 0021-5090 |
DOI: | 10.1007/bf02938422 |
Popis: | A new dasyatidid stingray,Dasyatis izuensis sp. nov., from Japan is described on the basis of specimens collected from the Izu Peninsula. The new species is distinguished by having the following characters: diamond-shaped disc; dorsal tail keel; white ventral tail fold, its length 24.6–32.3% of disc width; short preorbital snout length, 14.1–18.7% of disc width; smooth body even in adults except for a row of 2–6 small tubercles before tail spine; and 18–20 intestinal valve turns. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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