Himantura
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| Himantura | |
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| Reticulate whipray (H. uarnak) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Himantura J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Raja uarnak (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) |
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Himantura is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, commonly known as the whiprays. They are distinguished from other stingrays by a long, slender tail without tail folds. Himantura species are very morphologically diverse and the genus may be polyphyletic. Most species are found in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean.[1]
[edit] Species
- Himantura alcockii (Annandale, 1909) (Pale-spot whipray)
- Himantura astra Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008 (Black-spotted whipray)
- Himantura bleekeri (Blyth, 1860) (Bleeker's whipray)
- Himantura chaophraya Monkolprasit & T. R. Roberts, 1990 (Giant freshwater stingray)
- Himantura dalyensis, Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008 (Freshwater whipray)
- Himantura draco, Compagno & Heemstra, 1984 (Dragon Stingray) Note - validity doubtful, probably synonym of H. Jenkinsii
- Himantura fai D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Pink whipray)
- Himantura fava (Annandale, 1909) (Honeycomb whipray)
- Himantura fluviatilis (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Ganges stingray)
- Himantura gerrardi (J. E. Gray, 1851) (Whitespotted whipray)
- Himantura granulata (Macleay, 1883) (Mangrove whipray)
- Himantura hortlei Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Kailola, 2006 (Hortle's whipray)
- Himantura imbricata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Scaly whipray)
- Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) (Jenkins' whipray)
- Himantura kittipongi Vidthayanon & T. R. Roberts, 2005 (Roughback whipray)
- Himantura krempfi (Chabanaud, 1923) (Marbled freshwater whipray)
- Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008 (Leopard whipray)
- Himantura lobistoma Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006 (Tubemouth whipray)
- Himantura marginata (Blyth, 1860) (Blackedge whipray)
- Himantura microphthalma (J. S. T. F. Chen, 1948) (Smalleye whipray)
- Himantura oxyrhyncha (Sauvage, 1878) (Marbled whipray)
- Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Pacific chupare)
- Himantura pareh (Bleeker, 1852)
- Himantura pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Round whipray)
- Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) (Chupare stingray)
- Himantura signifer Compagno & T. R. Roberts, 1982 (White-rimmed stingray)
- Himantura toshi Whitley, 1939 (Brown whipray)
- Himantura uarnacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Whitenose whipray)
- Himantura uarnak (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Reticulate whipray)
- Himantura undulata (Bleeker, 1852) (Leopard whipray)
- Himantura walga (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Dwarf whipray)
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Himantura in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ^ Compagno, L.J.V. and Roberts, T.R. (1982). "Freshwater stingrays (Dasyatidae) of Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with description of a new species of Himantura and reports of unidentified species". Environmental Biology of Fishes 7 (4): 321–339. doi:10.1007/BF00005567.
