# Maculabatis

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{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Himantura gerrardi karachi 1.jpg
| image_caption = ''[M. gerrardi](/source/Whitespotted_whipray)''
| taxon = Maculabatis
| authority = [Last](/source/Peter_R._Last), [Naylor](/source/Gavin_J.P._Naylor) & [Manjaji-Matsumoto](/source/Bernadette_Mabel_Manjaji-Matsumoto), 2016
| type_species = ''[Trygon gerrardi](/source/Whitespotted_whipray)''
| type_species_authority = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1851
}}

'''''Maculabatis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [stingray](/source/stingray)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Dasyatidae](/source/Dasyatidae) from the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific). Its species were formerly contained within the genus ''[Himantura](/source/Himantura)''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Last, P.R. |author2=Naylor, G.J. |author3=Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. |year=2016 |title=A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4139 |issue=3 |pages=345–368 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2 |pmid=27470808}}</ref>

==Species==
The genus contains two groups, the "gerrardi-complex" containing spotted species and the "pastinacoides-complex" containing plain species.
*''[Maculabatis ambigua](/source/Maculabatis_ambigua)'' <small>[Last](/source/Peter_R._Last), [Bogorodsky](/source/Sergey_V._Bogorodsky) & [Alpermann](/source/Tilman_J._Alpermann), 2016</small> (Baraka's whipray)
*''[Maculabatis arabica](/source/Maculabatis_arabica)'' <small>[Manjaji-Matsumoto](/source/Bernadette_Mabel_Manjaji-Matsumoto) & [Last](/source/Peter_R._Last), 2016</small> (Pakistan whipray)
*''[Maculabatis astra](/source/Black-spotted_whipray)'' <small>(Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & [Pogonoski](/source/John_J._Pogonoski), 2008)</small> (Black-spotted whipray)
*''[Maculabatis bineeshi](/source/Maculabatis_bineeshi)'' <small>Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2016</small> (Short-tail whipray)
*''[Maculabatis gerrardi](/source/Whitespotted_whipray)'' <small>([Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1851)</small> (Whitespotted whipray)
*''[Maculabatis macrura](/source/Maculabatis_macrura)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1852)</small>
*''[Maculabatis pastinacoides](/source/Round_whipray)'' <small>(Bleeker, 1852)</small> (Round whipray)
*''[Maculabatis randalli](/source/Maculabatis_randalli)'' <small>(Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & [A. B. M. Moore](/source/Alec_B._M._Moore), 2012)</small> (Arabian banded whipray)
*''[Maculabatis toshi](/source/Brown_whipray)'' <small>([Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1939)</small> (Brown whipray)

==References==
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Category:Dasyatidae
Category:Maculabatis
Category:Taxa named by Peter R. Last
Category:Taxa named by Gavin J.P. Naylor
Category:Taxa named by Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto

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