Java Stingray
( Urolophus javanicus )
The Java Stingray is a species of stingray known only from a single female that was 13 in (33 cm) long caught off Jakarta, Indonesia. The sole proof of the Java Stingray was purchased by German zoologist Eduard von Martens at a Jakarta fish market in July 1862. Marten documented the Java Stingray being dark brown above, with many indistinct darker and lighter spots on its underbelly.
No new Java stingray has been found since it was first discovered over 150 years ago and it is thought to be extinct. The IUCN has categorized the Java Stingray as critically endangered with hope that the species still survives. If the Java Stingray does survive, its population would almost certainly be impacted by heavy fishing and habitat degradation in the Java region.
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