Himantura lobistoma, a new whipray (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from Borneo, with comments on the status of Dasyatis microphthalmus

• Main Authors: Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto, Last, Peter R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2006
• Subjects: QH301-705.5 Biology (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27574/1/Himantura%20lobistoma%2C%20a%20new%20whipray%20%28Rajiformes%20Dasyatidae%29%20from%20Borneo%2C%20with%20comments%20on%20the%20status%20of%20Dasyatis%20microphthalmus%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27574/3/Himantura%20lobistoma%2C%20a%20new%20whipray.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27574/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-006-0350-6

A new long-snouted whipray, Himantura lobistoma, is described on the basis of seven specimens collected from the southeastern sector of the South China Sea, off western Borneo. It belongs to a subgroup of Himantura species provisionally defined herein as the “uarnacoides” complex that includes five...