Hemitrygon yemenensis

Hemitrygon yemenensis is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

Hemitrygon yemenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Hemitrygon
Species:
H. yemenensis
Binomial name
Hemitrygon yemenensis
A. B. M. Moore, Last & Naylor, 2020

Hemitrygon yemenensis is found along the Arabian Sea coast of eastern Yemen. This species reaches a length of 22 cm (8.7 in).[1]

References
  1. Moore, Alec B. M.; Last, Peter R.; Naylor, Gavin J. P. (2020-07-23). "Hemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean". Zootaxa. 4819 (2): 364–374. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4819.2.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33055664. S2CID 222822240.


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