Himantura uarnak

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Myliobatiformes Subordo: Myliobatoidei Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Dasyatidae
Subfamilia: Urogymninae
Genus: Himantura
Species: Himantura uarnak

Name

Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789)

No types known. Types given by Klausewitz (1960:294) are specimens used by Rüppell (1837) and are not types of uarnak Forsskål.

Type locality: Red Sea [No locality stated].

Synonyms

Raja uarnak Gmelin (ex Forsskål), 1789
Raja sephen var. uarnak Forsskål, 1775
Trygon maculata Kuhl & van Hasselt in Bleeker, 1852
Trygon punctata Günther, 1870
Raia scherit Bonnaterre, 1788

Vernacular names

English: honeycomb stingray, reticulate whipray

References

Arlyza, I. S., Shen, K.-N., Solihin, D. D., Soedharma, D. & Berrebi, P., Borsa, P.; 2012: Species boundaries in the Himantura uarnak species complex (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 27 September 2012, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, abstract
Bleeker, P.; 1852: Bijdrage tot de kennis der Plagiostomen van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 24 (12): 1–92, Pls. 1-4.
Forsskål, P. S.; 1775: Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit... Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. 1-20 + 1-164.
Gmelin, J. F.; 1789: Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. 1 (3): 1033–1516.
Günther, A.; 1870: Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. 8: 1–549.
Klausewitz, W.; 1960: Die Typen und Typoide des Naturmuseums Senckenberg, 23: Pisces, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 41 (5/6): 289–296.
Rüppell, W. P. E. S.; 1835-38: Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]
Himantura uarnak in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.