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Himantura
	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 sephen uarnak; J. F. Gmelin, 1789

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Himantura is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Himantura were reassigned to other genera.^[1]

Species

Himantura australis Last, White & Naylor, 2016 (Australian whipray)
Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008 (Leopard whipray)
Himantura uarnak (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Reticulate whipray)
Himantura undulata (Bleeker, 1852) (Honeycomb whipray)

References

^ Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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 {{Taxobox
 | image = Himantura uarnak egypt.jpg
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 | image_caption = [[Reticulate whipray|Reticulate whipray (''H. uarnak'')]]
 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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 | genus = '''''Himantura'''''
 | genus_authority = [[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] &amp; [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1837
-| type_species = [[Reticulate whipray|''Raja uarnak'']]
+| type_species = [[Reticulate whipray|''Raja sephen uarnak'']]
 | type_species_authority = [[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|J. F. Gmelin]], 1789
 }}
-'''''Himantura''''' is a genus of [[stingray]] in the [[family (biology)|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 [[morphology (biology)|morphologically]] diverse and the genus may be [[polyphyletic]]. Most species are found in the western [[Pacific]] and the [[Indian Ocean]].<ref name="compagno and roberts">{{cite journal |title=Freshwater stingrays (Dasyatidae) of Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with description of a new species of ''Himantura'' and reports of unidentified species |author1=Compagno, L.J.V.  |author2=Roberts, T.R. |journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=321–339 |year=1982 |doi=10.1007/BF00005567}}</ref>
+'''''Himantura''''' is a [[genus]] of [[stingray]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Dasyatidae]]. In a 2016 [[taxonomic]] revision, many of the species formerly assigned to ''Himantura'' were reassigned to other genera.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. |year=2016 |title=A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4139 |issue=3 |pages=345–368 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2}}</ref>
 ==Species==
+* ''[[Himantura australis]]'' <small>Last, White & Naylor, 2016</small> (Australian whipray)
-There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Himantura| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref><ref name=Borsa2013/><ref name=Last2013/>
-* ''[[Himantura alcockii]]'' <small>([[Nelson Annandale|Annandale]], 1909)</small> (Pale-spot whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura astra]]'' <small>[[Peter R. Last|Last]], [[Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto|Manjaji-Matsumoto]] & [[John James Pogonoski|Pogonoski]], 2008</small> (Black-spotted whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura dalyensis]]'', <small>[[Peter R. Last|Last]] & [[Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto|Manjaji-Matsumoto]], 2008</small> (Freshwater whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura fai]]'' <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Alvin Seale|Seale]], 1906</small> (Pink whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura gerrardi]]'' <small>([[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]], 1851)</small> (Whitespotted whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura granulata]]'' <small>([[William John Macleay|W. J. Macleay]], 1883)</small> (Mangrove whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura hortlei]]'' <small>[[Peter R. Last|Last]], [[Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto|Manjaji-Matsumoto]] & [[Patricia J. Kailola|Kailola]], 2006</small> (Hortle's whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura imbricata]]'' <small>([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] & [[Johann Gottlob Schneider|J. G. Schneider]], 1801)</small> (Scaly whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura javaensis]]'' <small>[[Peter R. Last|Last]] & [[William Toby White|W. T. White]], 2013</small><ref name=Last2013>Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2013): Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago.  ''Zootaxa, 3722 (1): 1–21.''</ref>
-* ''[[Himantura jenkinsii]]'' <small>([[Nelson Annandale|Annandale]], 1909)</small> (Jenkins' whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura kittipongi]]'' <small>[[Chavalit Vidthayanon|Vidthayanon]] & [[Tyson R. Roberts|T. R. Roberts]], 2005</small> (Roughback whipray)
 * ''[[Himantura leoparda]]'' <small>[[Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto|Manjaji-Matsumoto]] & [[Peter R. Last|Last]], 2008</small> (Leopard whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura lobistoma]]'' <small>[[Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto|Manjaji-Matsumoto]] & [[Peter R. Last|Last]], 2006</small> (Tubemouth whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura marginata]]'' <small>([[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1860)</small> (Blackedge whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura microphthalma]]'' <small>([[Johnson T. F. Chen|J. S. T. F. Chen]], 1948)</small> (Smalleye whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura oxyrhyncha]]'' <small>([[Henri Émile Sauvage|Sauvage]], 1878)</small> (Marbled whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura pacifica]]'' <small>([[William Beebe|Beebe]] & [[John Tee-Van|Tee-Van]], 1941)</small> (Pacific chupare)
-* ''[[Himantura pastinacoides]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1852)</small> (Round whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura polylepis]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1852)</small> (Giant freshwater stingray)
-* ''[[Himantura randalli]]'' <small>[[Peter R. Last|Last]], [[Bernadette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto|Manjaji-Matsumoto]] & [[Alec B. M. Moore|A. B. M. Moore]], 2012</small> (Arabian banded whipray) <ref name=Last2012>Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Moore, A.B.M. (2012): ''Himantura randalli'' sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf.  ''Zootaxa, 3327: 20–32.''</ref>
-* ''[[Himantura schmardae]]'' <small>([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1904)</small> (Chupare stingray)
-* ''[[Himantura signifer]]'' <small>[[Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno|Compagno]] & [[Tyson R. Roberts|T. R. Roberts]], 1982</small> (White-rimmed stingray)
-* ''[[Himantura toshi]]'' <small>[[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1939</small> (Brown whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura tutul]]'' <small>[[Philippe Borsa|Borsa]], [[Jean-Dominique Durand|J. D. Durand]], [[Shen Kang-Ning|K. N. Shen]], [[Irma Shita Arlyza|Arlyza]], [[Dedy Duryadi Solihin|Solihin]] & [[Patrick Berrebi|Berrebi]], 2013</small> (Fine-spotted leopard whipray)<ref name=Borsa2013>Borsa, P., Durand, J.-D., Shen, K. N., Arlyza, I. S., Solihin, D. D. & Berrebi, P. (2013): [http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/82/40/73/PDF/Himantura_tutul_p_HAL_20130422_SupplMat_v2.pdf ''Himantura tutul'' sp. nov. (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae), a new ocellated whipray from the tropical Indo-West Pacific, described from its cytochrome-oxidase I gene sequence.]  ''Comptes Rendus Biologies, 336: 82–92.''</ref>
-* ''[[Himantura uarnacoides]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1852)</small> (Whitenose whipray)
 * ''[[Himantura uarnak]]'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|J. F. Gmelin]], 1789)</small> (Reticulate whipray)
 * ''[[Himantura undulata]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1852)</small> (Honeycomb whipray)
-* ''[[Himantura walga]]'' <small>([[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841)</small> (Dwarf whipray)
 ==References==