Description

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Common Names

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Yantaipijlstaartrog , Dutch , Netherlands

Yantai stingray , English , South Africa

Yantai astelrai , Estonian , Estonia

光魟 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Myliobatiformes

Family: Dasyatidae

Genus: Hemitrygon

Species: Hemitrygon laevigata (Chu, 1960)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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A demersal species, inshore on continental shelf over soft bottoms to ca. 60 m. In the summer, juveniles are found in estuaries and coastal shallows (Ref. 114953). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

Habitat

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demersal