Yellowback stingaree
| Yellowback stingaree | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Urolophidae |
| Genus: | Urolophus |
| Species: | U. sufflavus
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| Binomial name | |
| Urolophus sufflavus Whitley, 1929
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The yellowback stingaree (Urolophus sufflavus) is a locally abundant but little-known species of stingray in the family Urolophidae. It is almost endemic to New South Wales, with a range from Green Cape northward, extending only barely into Queensland (Stradbroke Island).[1] It inhabits soft-substrate habitats and has been reported from depths of 45–300 metres (150–980 ft), though it is most common on the outer continental shelf at depths of 100–160 metres (330–520 ft).[2]
This species attains a maximum length of 42 cm (17 in).
The yellowback stingaree is likely
gene sequences, attesting to a close evolutionary relationship.[5]
Almost the entire range of the yellowback stingaree is under pressure from Australian Commonwealth and State-managed
World Conservation Union.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 92-5-104302-7.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Urolophus sufflavus" in FishBase. March 2009 version.
- ^ Royal Society of Western Australia (1965). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (Vol. 48). Royal Society of Western Australia.
- .