Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar

The giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis is a threatened species that is vulnerable to riverine and coastal marine pressures. Despite its threatened status, the range of U. polylepis is still being determined. In this study, photographic evidence of U. polylepis in Myanmar was provided throu...

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Autores principales: Grant, Michael I., Bicknell, Anthony W. J., Htut, Thaung, Maung, Antt, Maung, Thu, Myo Myo, Khin, Rein, Thu, San, Min Khan, White, William T., Ya, Kyaw Zay, Mizrahi, Meira
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Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2022
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35475478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15073
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author Grant, Michael I.
Bicknell, Anthony W. J.
Htut, Thaung
Maung, Antt
Maung, Thu
Myo Myo, Khin
Rein, Thu
San, Min Khan
White, William T.
Ya, Kyaw Zay
Mizrahi, Meira
author_facet Grant, Michael I.
Bicknell, Anthony W. J.
Htut, Thaung
Maung, Antt
Maung, Thu
Myo Myo, Khin
Rein, Thu
San, Min Khan
White, William T.
Ya, Kyaw Zay
Mizrahi, Meira
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description The giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis is a threatened species that is vulnerable to riverine and coastal marine pressures. Despite its threatened status, the range of U. polylepis is still being determined. In this study, photographic evidence of U. polylepis in Myanmar was provided through market surveys (2017–2018) and social media (Sharks and Rays of Rakhine Facebook page, 2021). Urogymnus polylepis is exposed to fisheries and habitat degradation pressures in Myanmar; therefore, conservation management is likely needed to ensure populations persist into the future.
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spelling pubmed-95438342022-10-14 Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar Grant, Michael I. Bicknell, Anthony W. J. Htut, Thaung Maung, Antt Maung, Thu Myo Myo, Khin Rein, Thu San, Min Khan White, William T. Ya, Kyaw Zay Mizrahi, Meira J Fish Biol Brief Communications The giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis is a threatened species that is vulnerable to riverine and coastal marine pressures. Despite its threatened status, the range of U. polylepis is still being determined. In this study, photographic evidence of U. polylepis in Myanmar was provided through market surveys (2017–2018) and social media (Sharks and Rays of Rakhine Facebook page, 2021). Urogymnus polylepis is exposed to fisheries and habitat degradation pressures in Myanmar; therefore, conservation management is likely needed to ensure populations persist into the future. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2022-05-06 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9543834/ /pubmed/35475478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15073 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communications
Grant, Michael I.
Bicknell, Anthony W. J.
Htut, Thaung
Maung, Antt
Maung, Thu
Myo Myo, Khin
Rein, Thu
San, Min Khan
White, William T.
Ya, Kyaw Zay
Mizrahi, Meira
Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar
title Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar
title_full Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar
title_fullStr Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar
title_short Market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray Urogymnus polylepis in Myanmar
title_sort market surveys and social media provide confirmation of the endangered giant freshwater whipray urogymnus polylepis in myanmar
topic Brief Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35475478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15073
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