An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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Urogymnus dalyensis
(Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008)
Freshwater Whipray
Himantura dalyensis
Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto 2008: 284
,
Figs 1
,
2a
, 3–4. Holotype: CSIRO H 2503-01. Type locality: Pentecost River (Bindola Creek junction), Western Australia.
Local synonymy:
Himantura
sp.—
Compagno & Roberts, 1982
: 337, fig. 12 (Lake Murray).
Himantura
sp. undet.—
Kailola, 1987
: 29 (Fly River).
Himantura
chaophraya—
Monkolprasit & Roberts, 1990: 207 (Fly River basin; in this species group); Last & Stevens, 1994: 399 (Fly River Basin).
Himantura
dalyensis—
Last & Manjaji- Matsumoto, 2008: 289 (possibly Fly River Basin); Last & Stevens, 2009: 442 (possibly Fly River Basin).
Urogymnus dalyensis
—Last
et al.
, 2016a: 615 (Fly River Basin);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 268, figs (
PNG
).
PNG voucher material:
None.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Compagno & Roberts (1982)
, as
Himantura
sp., from the Fly River basin. Fly River record (photograph only) was considered as belonging to the
Himantura chaophraya
(=
Urogymnus polylepis
(Bleeker, 1852))
species group. Specimens needed to confirm it is conspecific with this species. Possibly widespread in the extensive river systems of
PNG
. Previously placed in the genus
Himantura
.