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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from an old, stuffed specimen residing in Ateneo de Manila Museum taken from Manila Bay. No recent specimens taken (Ref. 47737). Outside distributional range (Ref. 114953).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R., W.T. White, M.R. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor, 2016
National Database:

Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Urogymninae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Dwarf whipray, Dwarf whipray, 沃尔窄尾魟, ... more

Main reference

Last, P.R. and L.J.V. Compagno. 1999. (Ref. 9840)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 45.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 27550)

Length at first maturity
L_m 16.7 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Northern Indian Ocean: from the Red Sea to western India, including the Persian Gulf.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Demersal on insular and continental shelves, and occasionally found in coastal embayments (Ref.58048). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Caught in large quantities as by-catch of bottom trawl and trammel net fisheries. Utilized for its meat, but of limited value due to its very small size (Ref.58048).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.7 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming fecundity<100)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (87 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Brevitrygon walga (Müller & Henle, 1841)