Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Author Andréfouët, Serge Author Chen, Wei-Jen Author Kinch, Jeff Author Mana, Ralph Author Russell, Barry C. Author Tully, Dean Author White, William T. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 journal article 26780 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 8bb17a01-6ca6-4225-a42c-be3cb22e3db0 1175-5326 2988163 C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873 Himantura australis Last, White & Naylor 2016 — Australian whipray ( Fig. 7 ) Status at New Ireland . First recorded from New Ireland by White et al . (2018: 229), based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island , Kavieng District at 30 m depth by Diean Tully on 21 Sept. 2012 ; previously misidentified from Kavieng as Trygon uarnak (non Gmelin [ex Forsskål], 1789 ) by Peters (1877 : 853). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 2.—General distribution: northern Australia and New Guinea , 0–45 m depth. Found on sand bottoms, also on reef flats or in lagoons, entering estuaries. Transitional water and marine.