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| Title |
A New Species of Eagle Ray Aetobatus narutobiei from the Northwest Pacific: An Example of the Critical Role Taxonomy Plays in Fisheries and Ecological Sciences
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0083785 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
William T. White, Keisuke Furumitsu, Atsuko Yamaguchi |
| Abstract |
Recent taxonomic and molecular work on the eagle rays (Family Myliobatidae) revealed a cryptic species in the northwest Pacific. This species is formally described as Aetobatus narutobiei sp. nov. and compared to its congeners. Aetobatus narutobiei is found in eastern Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Korea and southern Japan. It was previously considered to be conspecific with Aetobatus flagellum, but these species differ in size, structure of the NADH2 and CO1 genes, some morphological and meristic characters and colouration. Aetobatus narutobiei is particularly abundant in Ariake Bay in southern Japan where it is considered a pest species that predates heavily on farmed bivalve stocks and is culled annually as part of a 'predator control' program. The discovery of A. narutobiei highlights the paucity of detailed taxonomic research on this group of rays. This discovery impacts on current conservation assessments of A. flagellum and these need to be revised based on the findings of this study. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 69 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 12% |
| Japan | 4 | 6% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 4% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Philippines | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 25 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 52 | 75% |
| Scientists | 13 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 53 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 18% |
| Researcher | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 12 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 32 | 58% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 12 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 82. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 March 2023.
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