Species FAO code: WST

Dasyatis akajei

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Italy	it Trigone del Pacifico	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Dasyatis akajei (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Dasyatis akajei (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Scientific name

Dasyatis akajei

Author

(Müller & Henle, 1841)

Rank

Species

FAO code

WST

Morphological description

Disc rhomboid, anterior margin straight, posterior margin convex. Snout triangular and slightly produced. dorsal keel present on tail. Adults with small spines on disc and posterior part of tail. Brown dorsally and some with orangish pectoral fin margins, in front of eyes, behind spiracles, on the sides of the tail just anterior to the sting. Ventrum orangish red.

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
  - FamilyDasyatidae
    - GenusDasyatis
      - SpeciesDasyatis akajei

Synonyms

Trygon akajei Müller & Henle, 1841
Dasyatis akajel (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Dasyatis akajei (Müller & Henle, 1841)

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Dasyatis akajei

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 4 - Asia - Inland waters

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central