Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883a)

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 63-64

Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883a)

Mangrove Whipray

Trygon granulata Macleay, 1883a: 598 . Holotype: AMS I.9763. Type locality: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Local synonymy: Trygon granulata Macleay, 1883a: 598 (Port Moresby); Himantura granulata— Whitley, 1928: 211 (Port Moresby); Munro, 1958: 114 (Port Moresby); Munro, 1967: 15, pl. 1, fig. 17 (New Guinea); Kailola, 1987: 28 (Port Moresby); Hamilton et al., 2009: 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); Last & Stevens, 2009: 445 (New Guinea). Dasyatis granulatus— Fowler, 1934: 386 (Port Moresby). Himantura granulatus— Berra et al., 1975: 319 (Laloki River system). Urogymnus granulatus— White et al., 2018: 270, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (3 spec.) AMS I.9763, juvenile female ~ 330 mm DW, Port Moresby, 1883 ; KFRS E.616, female 310 mm DW, Mullins Harbour , 10°30’48” S, 149°56’8” E, <1 m depth, 11 Mar. 2016 , NMV A 14199, juvenile male 310 mm DW, probably southern PNG, 1880.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Macleay (1883a) who described the species based on a specimen collected from off Port Moresby. Common in shallow, coastal mangrove areas.