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Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) >
Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) >
Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Urogymninae
Etymology: Himantura: Greek, iman, imantos = thong, strap + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 70 m (Ref. 76961). Tropical
Distribuzione
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Indo-West Pacific: Africa to New Guinea, north to Thailand and south to Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 75.0, range 70 - 80 cm
Max length : 110.5 cm WD (female); peso massimo pubblicato: 55.0 kg (Ref. 124786)
Occurs mainly inshore and coastal, but on the continental shelf to depths of at least 70 m. Birth size is about 20 cm DW (Ref. 76961).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M and P.R. Last, 2008. Himantura leoparda sp. Nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from the Indo-Pacific. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76961)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 24.2 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1234 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00366 - 0.01891), b=3.10 (2.90 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).