Reticulate Whipray (species: Himantura australis) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Reticulate Whipray (species: Himantura australis) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Dasyatidae > Himantura > Himantura australis (gallery)

Himantura australis

Reticulate Whipray

©Andy Lewis: Reticulate Whipray at Lizard Island

©Andy Lewis: Reticulate Whipray at Lizard Island

©Lyle Vail: Himantura australis at Loomis Reef, Lizard Island lagoon.

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Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Elasmobranchii

Order Myliobatiformes

Family Dasyatidae

Genus Himantura

Species Himantura australis

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Lizard Island Field Guide

Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

Up to 200 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

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Similar taxa

Animalia: species: Himantura uarnak
does not occur in Australia but the name was used for Himantura australis before that species was described by Last et al (2016).

Distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens (2009). Sharks and Rays of Australia.: 2nd Edition CSIRO Publishing, Australia.

Other references

Last, P.R., W.T. White and G. Naylor (2016). Three new stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific. Zootaxa, 4147(4): 337-402. LIRS catalog number 90397.