Himantura uarnak

(Gmelin, 1789)

Chordata » Myliobatiformes » Dasyatidae » Himantura uarnak

Common name (English)

Honeycomb stingray

Common name (Greek)

Σαλάχι

Common name (Turkish)

Tırpana balığı

Ηabitat

A: Marine

B: Coastal

X01 Estuaries

Global distribution

Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050); Red Sea (and eastern Mediterranean via Suez Canal) to southern Africa and French Polynesia, north to Taiwan, south to Australia. Also in the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). Collected from the estuary of the River Ganges (Ref. 33178). This name has been used for a number of similar spotted species (Ref. 6871). Probably a species complex (Ref. 35766). Its identity has been confused in many publications and Micronesian specimens should be re-examined (Ref. 37816). 173588 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Vagrant

First detection year

1994

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5507

Pathway

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1954

1st Med country: Israel

References

Last PR, Stevens JD (1994) Sharks and rays of Australia. Australia, CSIRO, 513 pp

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A, 2009. Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Marine Mediterranean Records 10(2): 109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113