An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea Author White, William T. Author Ko’Ou, Alfred text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-19 4411 1 1 82 journal article 30231 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341 1175-5326 1221878 255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292 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.