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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays)
Etymology: parvonigra: Name from Latin 'parvus' for little and 'nigra' for black, refers to its resemblance to a larger Australian species Dasyatis thetidis.. More on author: Last.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 60 - 185 m (Ref. 114953). Tropical, preferred ?; 20°N - 20°S, 115°E - 128°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific: Philippines to north-western Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 35 - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 114953)

This demersal species lives offshore on continental shelf, probably occasionally shallower; caught incidentally in trawl and net fisheries; llfe history unknown (Ref. 114953). Maximum length for females of similar form, possibly up to 49.8 cm WD (Ref. 76959).

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Last, P.R. and W.T. White, 2008. Dasyatis parvonigra sp. Nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from the tropical eastern Indian Ocean. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76959)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Hemitrygon parvonigra (Last & White, 2008)