Whitenose whipray

Whitenose whipray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Pateobatis
Species:
P. uarnacoides
Binomial name
Pateobatis uarnacoides
(Bleeker, 1852) [2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Trygon uarnacoides Bleeker, 1852
  • Himantura uarnacoides (Bleeker, 1852)

The whitenose whipray (Pateobatis uarnacoides) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western central Pacific Ocean, where it is found in shallow water including estuaries.

This species was first described by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1852. He was an army surgeon who worked for 20 years for the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia, amassing a collection of over 12,000 fish which he took home with him when he returned to Holland. They are mostly lodged in the Natural History Museum in Leiden.[3]

  1. ^ Sherman, C.S.; Bin Ali, A.; Bineesh, K.K.; Derrick, D.; Dharmadi, Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Haque, A.B.; Maung, A.; Seyha, L.; Tanay, D.; Utzurrum, J.A.T.; Vo, V.Q. & Yuneni, R.R. (2020). "Pateobatis uarnacoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161547A175221157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161547A175221157.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2015). "Pateobatis uarnacoides (Bleeker, 1852)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ Watkins, Michael; Beolens, Bo (2015). Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-1-78427-037-7.