Neotrygon malaccensis

Borsa, Arlyza, Hoareau & Shen, 2017



Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Dasyatidae

Reference of the original description
Borsa, P. & Arlyza, I.S. & Hoareau, T.B. & Shen, K.-N. (2018)
Diagnostic description and geographic distribution of four new cryptic species of the blue-spotted maskray species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae; Neotrygon spp.) based on DNA sequences. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 36(3), 827–841

Types
Neotrygon malaccensis
Holotype: MZB: 20847; Paratype: MZB: 20847;


Description :


Citation: Neotrygon malaccensis Borsa, Arlyza, Hoareau & Shen, 2017: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Common names
fra \(T\) raie pastenague masquée à points bleus du détroit de Malacca, eng Malacca Strait bluespotted maskray, pari masker totol biru Selat Melaka (ind)

Short Description
Original diagnose after BORSA, ARLYZA, HOAREAU & SHEN, 2017 [25664]: N. malaccensis sp. nov. is distinguished from other species previously under N. kuhlii by G at nucleotide site 126 of the CO1 gene. Most N. malaccensis sp. nov. individuals have T at nucleotide site 478, a character that was otherwise present in a single N. orientale individual; N. malaccensis sp. nov. also has C at nucleotide site 240, a character that it shares exclusively with N. bobwardi sp. nov. and T at nucleotide site 393, a character that it shares exclusively with the Guadalcanal maskray. N. malaccensis sp. nov. is distinguished from other species previously under N. kuhlii by C at nucleotide sites 129 and 441, G at nucleotide site 405, and T at nucleotide site 264 of the cytochrome b gene; T at nucleotide site 225 is quasidiagnostic; it also has C at nucleotide 399, a character that it shares with no species other than N. bobwardi sp. nov. Based on Puckridge et al. (2013), partial haplotypes at the RAG-1 locus enable the distinction of N. malaccensis sp. nov. from N. australiae, N. orientale and N. varidens, but not from either N. caeruleopunctata, N. trigonoides or the Indian- Ocean maskray.

Distribution
northern part of Malacca Strait and eastern Andaman Sea [25664]

Size / Weight / Age
40-42 cm DW (only types) [25664]

Habitat
marine [25664]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=14938;