Scientific Name	Hemitrygon akajei			by: B. F. Lee etc.
Author	(Bürger 1841)	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	赤魟	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	魟科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F055　Dasyatidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	赤魟
Max Length	200 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	赤土魟、紅魴、牛尾魴
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、South West、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Southwestern coast of Japan
Synonyms	Dasyatis akajel, Dasyatis bennettii, Trygon akajei
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 Honma, Y. etc. 1991 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Red stingray; Red skate; Whipray; Whip ray; Yellow stingray; Japanese stingray; Japanese red stingray
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Disc rhomboid wider than long, outer and posterior angles rounded. Snout shout, forms an obtuse angle, 2.2 to 2.3 in head. Eyes large, 4.5 in head. Spiracles close behind eyes. Mouth transberse with three papillae at the bottom. Teeth rhomboid, with deeble cusp. Nostrils deep, internarial equals dentary width. Gill openings ewuidistant. No rostral cartilage. Body smooth. Median line of back with a row of tubercles. No dorsal fin. Ventrals obliquely truncate, angles blunt. Tail longer than body with a short low keel behind the caudal spine, and a more distinct cutaneous fold below. Specimen in formalin dusky brown above, little paler about edges of disc. Whitish below, outer margins of dise little brownish. Tail blackish brown.
habitats	Found in coral reefs and estuarine areas, on sand and mud bottoms. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans. Ovoviviparous with up to 10 in a litter. Served in 'miso' soup, hard boiled with seasonings, or for 'kamaboko' material.
Distribution	Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea.
Utility