Talk:Mangrove whipray

Mangrove whipray has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 21, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 3, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that despite its name, the mangrove whipray (pictured) does not usually inhabit mangroves?

crop range

The distribution map would be better cropped. Remove the Americas, Europe and Siberia. --Ettrig (talk) 11:16, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 15:58, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one- again, the same thing I've said before, I won't be offended if you want me to stay off your articles for a time :) J Milburn (talk) 15:58, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is Trygon ponapensis worth mentioning in the prose?
- I don't think it's particularly important. -- Yzx (talk) 19:10, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The description is a tad jargon-y. It's not a problem, as such, but it's something to keep an eye on.
"By contrast, adults are generally found over sand, sand and rock rubble, or hard bottom, often in lagoons or on coral reefs.[1][2]" Could this perhaps be rephrased?
- Rephrased a bit
"The electroreceptive ampullae of Lorenzini of this species have a sensitivity of 4 nV/cm and an effective range of 25 cm (10 in), enabling it to locate buried prey." Is this particularly strong?
- The source doesn't say; there hasn't been much work in this area so I don't think such comparative statements are possible yet
"The newborns measure 14–28 cm (5.5–11 in) across, and males reach sexual maturity at 55–65 cm (22–26 in) across." Females? Do we know how long they live?
- No information on females (in sharks and rays, female maturation size is harder to measure because it can't be assessed externally) or longevity
There is inconsistent reference formatting- compare "Manjaji, B.M.; White, W.T.; Fahmi; Ishihara H.", "Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens" and "Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly".
- Fixed
File:Himantura granulata.jpg is problematic- it appears to lack evidence of permission.
- I've taken it out; the original uploader at Commons seems to have a history of uploading pics without permission data. It's unfortunate because that was a nice image.

Generally looking very nice. I made a few small fixes and added some categories (see here). I'm sure there will be no problem promoting once these issues are resolved. J Milburn (talk) 16:27, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know of further issues. -- Yzx (talk) 19:10, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'm happy to promote. Good work, as ever! J Milburn (talk) 22:12, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. -- Yzx (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]