Himantura uarnak (Gmelin 1789)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 116

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346833
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FFF1-FFA2-FF2E-FAA4FC73FDBE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Himantura uarnak (Gmelin 1789)
status

Treatment

Himantura uarnak (Gmelin 1789) View in CoL —Honeycomb stingray;

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Himantura uarnak (Forsskål) View in CoL by George et al. (1966a: 6); as Himantura uarnak (Forskäl 1775) View in CoL by George & Athanassiou (1966a: 6); Himantura uarnak (Forsskäl 1775) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1978: 408; 2002: 61–62). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Eastern Cape Province ( South Africa), Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Philippines; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd, 20 February 2015). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.