Reticulate whipray: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the reticulate whipray lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Himantura uarnak
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae

Where does the reticulate whipray live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the reticulate whipray in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Mozambique

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the reticulate whipray endangered?

The reticulate whipray’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the reticulate whipray?

The reticulate whipray (Himantura uarnak) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Myliobatiformes and the family Dasyatidae, genus Himantura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the reticulate whipray

The reticulate whipray or honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It inhabits coastal waters in the western Indian Ocean including the Red Sea, Natal and the Arabian Sea; also a Lessepsian transmigrant in the eastern Mediterranean. A large species reaching 2 m (6.6 ft) in width, the reticulate whipray has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc and an extremely long tail without fin folds. Both its common and scientific names refer to its ornate dorsal color pattern of many small, close-set dark spots or reticulations on a lighter background. However, the reticulate whipray is only one of several large spotted stingrays in the Indo-Pacific which, coupled with the variability of its coloration with age and locality, has resulted in a great deal of taxonomic confusion.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Reticulate whipray (revision 1370546364), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1254948 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).