Kai stingaree [SEP] IUCN conservation status
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) does not yet have enough information to assess the Kai stingaree beyond Data Deficient. It presently faces little fishing, though this is liable to change in the future.
Taxonomy.
From September 9 to 29, 1874, the research ship HMS "Challenger" collected a number of hitherto-unknown fishes from Station 192 in the Kai Islands, including two specimens of the Kai stingaree. British zoologist Albert Günther wrote a brief description of the new species and published it in 1880, as
darker fin margins and/or irregular dusky blotches on the belly. The largest recorded specimen is long.
Biology and ecology.
Virtually nothing is known of the natural history of the yellow shovelnose stingaree. It is presumably aplacental viviparous like other stingrays. Newborns probably measure around long; males reach sexual maturity at long.
Human interactions.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lacks sufficient information to assess the conservation status of the yellow shovelnose stingaree. The species faces little fishing pressure, as the depth