WoRMS name details
Himantura draco Compagno & Heemstra, 1984
217417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217417)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Compagno, L. J.; Heemstra, P. C. (1984). Himantura draco, a new species of stingray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from South Africa, with a key to the Dasyatidae and the first record of Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) from southern Africa. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> 33: 1-17. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Himantura draco Compagno & Heemstra, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217417 on 2026-07-09
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Compagno, L. J.; Heemstra, P. C. (1984). Himantura draco, a new species of stingray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from South Africa, with a key to the Dasyatidae and the first record of Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) from southern Africa. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> 33: 1-17. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
