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.