Catalog of Fishes


Pastinachus atrus

(Macleay, 1883)


Cowtail stingray
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Dasyatidae

Reference of the original description
Macleay, W. (1883)
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

Types
Pastinachus atrus



Description :


Citation: Pastinachus atrus (Macleay, 1883): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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Pastinachus atrus, immature male (NSFEP KA 389, 835 mm DW, fresh): dorsal surface. In: Last, P.R. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2010): Description of a new stinGray, Pastinachus gracilicaudus sp. nov. (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes), based on material from the Indo-Malay Archipelago. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper, 32: 115-128
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
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 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]