Himantura

Himantura
Temporal range: 37.2–0 Ma Oligocene to Present[1]
Reticulate whipray (Himantura uarnak)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Subfamily: Urogymninae
Genus: Himantura
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
Type species
Raja sephen uarnak

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).[2]

  1. ^ "†Himantura Müller and Henle 1837 (ray)". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  2. ^ Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2. PMID 27470808.