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Whiprays

Himantura

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).

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Reticulate Whipray

speciesHimantura uarnak

Reticulated Whipray

speciesHimantura australis

Leopard Whipray

speciesHimantura leoparda

Honeycomb Whipray

speciesHimantura undulata

Blackedge Whipray

speciesHimantura marginata

honeycomb whipray

speciesHimantura fava

Himantura arlyzae

speciesHimantura arlyzae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47278.