Pastinachus ater
(Macleay, 1883)
Cowtail stingray
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Dasyatidae
Reference of the original description
Contribution to a knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea. No. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, 7, 585–598
Contribution to a knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea. No. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, 7, 585–598
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Pastinachus atrus, Pastinachus cf. atrus, Pastinachus sephen ater , Taeniura atra
Pastinachus atrus, Pastinachus cf. atrus, Pastinachus sephen ater , Taeniura atra
Description :
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Pastinachus ater (Macleay, 1883), ERB 1188, female, 63, 2 cm DW, 133, 2 cm TL, Kenya © Frederik H. Mollen (Elasmobranch Research Belgium)
Pastinachus ater (Macleay, 1883), ERB 1188, female, 63, 2 cm DW, 133, 2 cm TL, Kenya © Frederik H. Mollen (Elasmobranch Research Belgium)
Common names
Banana-tail Ray, Cowtail stingray, Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Guergunna, Weralli
Banana-tail Ray, Cowtail stingray, Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Guergunna, Weralli
Short Description
large, uniformly dark stingray with a dense band of blunt denticles over the central disc, very broad tail and flattened anteriorly, has a posteriorly located sting, the ventral skin fold is very deep but does not reach the tail apex [3365].
large, uniformly dark stingray with a dense band of blunt denticles over the central disc, very broad tail and flattened anteriorly, has a posteriorly located sting, the ventral skin fold is very deep but does not reach the tail apex [3365].
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=14091;
shark-references Species-ID=14091;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
Cestoda
Nematoda
Copepoda
Monogenea
- Monocotyle corali Chisholm, 1998 [29167]
Cestoda
- Acanthobothrium chisholmae Campbell & Beveridge, 2002 [26821]
- Acanthobothrium nanogravidum Zschoche, Caira & Fyler, 2011 [28741]
- Anteropora sp. [23959]
- Anthemobothrium sp. [23959]
- Caulobothrium pedunculatum Coleman, Beveridge & Campbell, 2019 [27488]
- Dollfusiella michiae (Southwell, 1929) [21816]
- Flapocephalus sp. [23959]
- Halysioncum reginae (Kuchta & Caira, 2010) [19536]
- Halysioncum sp. [19536]
- Oncomegas trimegacanthus Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012 [15757] [21816]
- Prochristianella butlerae Beveridge, 1990 [17404]
- Rhinoptericola aetobatidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [21816]
- Rhinoptericola butlerae (Beveridge & Campbell, 1988) [30611]
- Rhinoptericola jensenae (Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012) [17404]
- Rhinoptericola schaeffneri Herzog & Jensen, 2022 [30611]
Nematoda
- Ascarophis sp. [29858]
- Echinocephalus inserratus Moravec & Justine, 2021 [29858]
- Echinocephalus sp. [30533]
- Hysterothylacium sp. [29858]
- Mawsonascaris vulvolacinata Shamsi, Dang, Zhu & Nowak, 2019 [27409]
Copepoda
- Caligus elasmobranchi Boxshall, 2018 [26229]