First records of the Honeycomb Stingray, Himantura uarnak (Forskål, 1775), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae)

The Honeycomb Stingray, Himantura uarnak (Forskaal, 1775) is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, is common on the continental shelf of northern Australia, and is reported off south-eastern Africa (Last & Stevens 1994). It is also found in the Red Sea, from where it has recently expanded to t...

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Published in:Zoology in the Middle East 2010-01, Vol.49 (1), p.104-106
Main Authors: Ali, Malek, Saad, Adib, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Capapé, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chondrichthyes
Dasyatidae
Himantura uarnak
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Summary:The Honeycomb Stingray, Himantura uarnak (Forskaal, 1775) is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, is common on the continental shelf of northern Australia, and is reported off south-eastern Africa (Last & Stevens 1994). It is also found in the Red Sea, from where it has recently expanded to the eastern Mediterranean (Golani et al. 2002). It has been reported from the Levantine Basin (Ben-Tuvia 1955, 1966, Mouneimne 1977, El Sayed 1994) and from off Turkey (Ben-Tuvia 1966, Basuta et al. 1988). We can add here a record from Syrian waters, from where it was hitherto not known.
ISSN:0939-7140
2326-2680
DOI:10.1080/09397140.2010.10638397