Fanray

Fanray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Platyrhinidae
Genus: Platyrhina
Species: P. sinensis
Binomial name
Platyrhina sinensis
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms

Platyrhina limboonkengi Tang, 1933
Rhina sinensis Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801

The fanray (Platyrhina sinensis) is a species of ray in the family Platyrhinidae.
This species is locally common off the coasts of China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and possibly Indonesia. It grows to a maximum known length of 68 cm,[2] but most are 30–50 cm and weigh 200-500 g. The coloration is brown above and white below. The flesh is edible but this species is not targeted by fisheries.[3] The fanray is the most abundant elasmobranch species in Ariake Bay, Kyūshū; it is caught as bycatch in gillnets and trawls and discarded, but its population has not been negatively affected by these activities.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Ishihara, H.; Wang, Y.; Tanaka, S. & Nakaya, K. (2009). "Platyrhina sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Compagno, L.J.V.; Last, P.R. (1999). "Platyrhinidae: Thornback rays". In Carpenter, K.E.; Niem, V.H. FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9251043027.
  3. ↑ 中国团扇鳐. 百度百科. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
  4. ↑ Kume, G.; Furumitsu, K. & Yamaguchi, A. (August 2008). "Age, growth and age at sexual maturity of fan ray Platyrhina sinensis (Batoidea: Platyrhinidae) in Ariake Bay, Japan". Fisheries Science. 74 (4): 736–742. doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01584.x.
  5. ↑ Iwatsuki, Y. K. Miyamoto, K. Nakaya & J. Zhang　2011 A review of the genus Platyrhina (Chondrichthys: Platyrhinidae)　from the northwestern Pacific, with descriptions of two new species Zootaxa 2738: 26-40 (2011)

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