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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Rajiformes (order) » Dasyatidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 035003 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Himantura australis Last, White & Naylor, 2016 |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.  Expected distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [427] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
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| Family: | 37 35 Dasyatidae (Stingrays) - show full list | |
| Standard Name: | Reticulate Whipray | |
| Common Names List: | reticulate whipray | |
| Standard (Commercial) Name(s): | Ray | |
| Organism Type: | a stingray | |
| Synonyms: | Himantura uarnak | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 035902
Himantura spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | Once considered conspecific with Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789) and widespread in the Indo–West Pacific. Now appears confined to the Australasian Plate; known from off PNG and northern Australia, from Shark Bay, WA to Brisbane, Qld; depth distribution not well documented, but primarily in shallow-water from near shore to at least 45 m depth (Last et al 2016, Zootaxa 4147). | ||||||
| Previous Codes (if any): | 035003, 37 035005, 035005 | ||||||
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