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Brown whipray

The brown whipray (Himantura toshi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, common in inshore, muddy habitats along the northern coast of Australia.

Colares stingray

The Colares stingray, Dasyatis colarensis, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, native to the shallow brackish waters of the Amazon River estuary in northern Brazil.

Dasyatis acutirostra

The sharpnose stingray (Dasyatis acutirostra) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found off southern Japan and in the East China Sea.

Giant freshwater stingray

In terms of the broader evolutionary relationships between the giant freshwater whipray and the rest of the family Dasyatidae, a 2012 phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial DNA reported that it was most closely related to the porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus), and that they in turn formed a clade with the mangrove whipray (H. granulata) and the tubemouth whipray (H. lobistoma).

Honeycomb whipray

The honeycomb whipray (Himantura undulata) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found widely in the shallow coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific from India to the Malay Archipelago.

Hortle's whipray

The Hortle's whipray (Himantura hortlei) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, occurring in shallow estuaries and mud flats off southern New Guinea.

Marbled whipray

The marbled whipray (Himantura oxyrhyncha) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, native to several freshwater rivers in Southeast Asia.

Pale-edged stingray

The pale-edged stingray or sharpnose stingray (Dasyatis zugei) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from India to the western Malay Archipelago and southern Japan.

Pearl stingray

The pearl stingray (Dasyatis margaritella) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola.

Roughnose stingray

The roughnose stingray, Pastinachus solocirostris, is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, generally found in shallow, estuarine waters associated with mangroves off Borneo, Sumatra, and possibly Java.

Scaly whipray

The scaly whipray (Himantura imbricata) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and Mauritius to Indonesia.

Smalleye whip ray

The smalleye whip ray (Himantura microphthalma) is an obscure species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

Tortonese's stingray

The Tortonese's stingray (Dasyatis tortonesei) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.

Whitespotted whipray

The whitespotted whipray or sharpnose stingray (Himantura gerrardi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.


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