Himantura

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 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

References

  1. ^ 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.