WoRMS taxon details
Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789)
AphiaID: 105854
AphiaID: 105854
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Himantura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Himantura | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dasyatis uarnak (Gmelin, 1789) Dasybatus uarnak (Gmelin, 1789) Himantura punctata (Günther, 1870) Raja sephen uarnak Forsskål, 1775 Raja sephen var. uarnak Forsskål, 1775 Raja uarnak Gmelin, 1789 Trygon punctata Günther, 1870 Trygon uarnak (Gmelin, 1789) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, version may 2010 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Charopinus markewitschi Gusev, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 65 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Common off sandy beaches and in shallow estuaries and lagoons. Feeds on small fishes, bivalves, crabs, shrimps and worms (Ref. 3263). Ovoviviparous. Size at birth about 28 cm WD (Ref. 6871). [details] Spelling: Spelling also in Ref. 559, 3263 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105854 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105854 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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