Species Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008

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• Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Last, P.R. 2008. Himantura leoparda sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from the Indo-Pacific. pp. 293-302 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [294].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.2903–01 ♀, north-west of Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD [12°08'S, 139°58'E].
  Paratype(s) CAS 213280; CSIRO 8 lots; NTM S.10765–002; IPBM 38.01.04.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Himantura sp. 1. —
  Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [38]
• Himantura undulata (Bleeker, 1852) [misidentification]. —
  Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Dasyatidae. pp. 190-196 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [194]

 

Introduction

Until recently this species was misidentified as Himantura undulata, a species that does not occur in Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Bay, WA (23º08'S) to Torres Strait, QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

To 70 m

 

General References

Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Family Dasyatidae. pp. 1479-1505 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1492] (as Himantura undulata, a misidentification)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [408] (as Himantura undulata, a misidentficication)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [446]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [38] (as Himantura sp. 1)

White, W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J. & Mana, R.R. 2017. Sharks and Rays of Papua New Guinea. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Monograph Series 189: 1-327 [230]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [48] (Leopard Whipray)

Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Family Dasyatidae. pp. 1479-1505 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1492] (FAO) (Leopard Whipray)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Leopard Whipray)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [17] (as Himantura undulata) (Leopard Whipray)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	MYLIOBATIFORMES	22-Oct-2020	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
05-Jun-2024	DASYATIDAE	30-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
16-Apr-2012		08-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		26-Mar-2010	MODIFIED