Fanray
| Fanray | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Platyrhinidae |
| Genus: | Platyrhina |
| Species: | P. sinensis |
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Platyrhina sinensis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Platyrhina limboonkengi Tang, 1933 |
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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, 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. 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.
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