Himantura
| 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 | |
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]
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:[2][3][4]
- Himantura alcockii (Annandale, 1909) (Pale-spot whipray)
- Himantura astra Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008 (Black-spotted whipray)
- Himantura dalyensis, Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008 (Freshwater whipray)
- Himantura fai D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Pink whipray)
- Himantura gerrardi (J. E. Gray, 1851) (Whitespotted whipray)
- Himantura granulata (W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Mangrove whipray)
- Himantura hortlei Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Kailola, 2006 (Hortle's whipray)
- Himantura imbricata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Scaly whipray)
- Himantura javaensis Last & W. T. White, 2013[4]
- Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) (Jenkins' whipray)
- Himantura kittipongi Vidthayanon & T. R. Roberts, 2005 (Roughback 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 pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Round whipray)
- Himantura polylepis (Bleeker, 1852) (Giant freshwater stingray)
- Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & A. B. M. Moore, 2012 (Arabian banded whipray) [5]
- Himantura schmardae (F. Werner, 1904) (Chupare stingray)
- Himantura signifer Compagno & T. R. Roberts, 1982 (White-rimmed stingray)
- Himantura toshi Whitley, 1939 (Brown whipray)
- Himantura tutul Borsa, J. D. Durand, K. N. Shen, Arlyza, Solihin & Berrebi, 2013 (Fine-spotted leopard whipray)[3]
- Himantura uarnacoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Whitenose whipray)
- Himantura uarnak (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Reticulate whipray)
- Himantura undulata (Bleeker, 1852) (Honeycomb whipray)
- Himantura walga (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Dwarf whipray)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Himantura in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 1 2 Borsa, P., Durand, J.-D., Shen, K. N., Arlyza, I. S., Solihin, D. D. & Berrebi, P. (2013): 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.
- 1 2 Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2013): Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago. Zootaxa, 3722 (1): 1–21.
- ↑ 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.
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