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Himantura
Sign in to saveHimantura is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Indo-Pacific. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Himantura were reassigned to other genera (Brevitrygon, Fluvitrygon, Maculabatis, Pateobatis, Styracura and Urogymnus).
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
- FamilyDasyatidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 146
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Palau
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Himantura is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Indo-Pacific. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Himantura were reassigned to other genera (Brevitrygon, Fluvitrygon, Maculabatis, Pateobatis, Styracura and Urogymnus).
==Species== Twelve extant species are currently recognized as valid, formerly four or five species. Himantura alcockii (Annandale, 1909) (Pale-spot whip ray) Himantura australis (Last, White & Naylor, 2016) (Australian whipray) Himantura fava (Annandale, 1909) (Honeycomb whipray) Himantura fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822) (Ganges whipray) Himantura krempfi (Chabanaud, 1923) (Marbled freshwater whip ray) Himantura leoparda (Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008) (Leopard whipray) Himantura marginata (Blyth, 1860) (Blackedge whipray) Himantura menoni (Sahni & Mehrotra, 1981) Himantura microphthalma (J. T. F. Chen, 1948) (Smalleye whip ray) Himantura pareh (Bleeker, 1852) Himantura souarfortuna (Adnet et al., 2020) Himantura tutul (Borsa, Durand, K. N. Shen, Arlyza, Solihin & Berrebi, 2013) (Fine-spotted leopard whipray) Himantura uarnak (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Reticulate whipray) Himantura undulata (Bleeker, 1852) (Honeycomb whipray)
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