Himantura Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1837:400 Fem. Raja sephen uarnak Forsskål 1775. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in (and may date to) Müller & Henle 1837:117. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:82 [ref. 2443]; also by Garman 1913:375 [ref. 1545] who unjustifiably emended spelling to Himanturus, as a subgenus of Dasybatus. •Valid as Himantura Müller & Henle 1837 -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:72 [ref. 7167], Compagno & Roberts 1982:323 [ref. 8489], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:16 [ref. 6441], Compagno & Heemstra 1984:4 [ref. 8238], Compagno 1986:138 [ref. 5648], Paxton et al. 1989:42 [ref. 12442], Roberts 1989:22 [ref. 6439], Nishida 1990:98 [ref. 19783], Ishihara et al. 1993:23 [ref. 22461], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:71 [ref. 24550], Last & Compagno 1999:1480 [ref. 24639], Compagno 1999:496 [ref. 25589], Rosenberger 2001:615 [ref. 25447], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:563 [ref. 26985], Compagno et al. 2005:71 [ref. 29145], Last et al. 2006:19 [ref. 28719], Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2006:290 [ref. 28776], Paxton et al. 2006:193 [ref. 28995], Last & Manjaji-Matsumo 2008:283 [ref. 29694], Last et al. 2008:303 [ref. 29696], Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2008:293 [ref. 29695], Schwartz 2008:37 [ref. 36773], Kimura 2009:12 [ref. 30426], Last et al. 2012:20 [ref. 31993], Borsa et al. 2013{1 [ref. 32736], Last & White 2013:1 [ref. 32949], Kottelat 2013:26 [ref. 32989], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:144 [ref. 33423], Lim et al. 2015:13 [ref. 34441] in Himanturidae, Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581] in Urogymninae, Last et al. 2016:378 [ref. 34638], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:130 [ref. 34398], Last et al. 2016:524 [ref. 35010], Motomura et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35490], White et al. 2017:228 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:26 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:15 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:54 [ref. 35922], Fricke et al. 2019:45 [ref. 36673], Ebert et al. 2021:92 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Himantura Müller & Henle 1837. Dasyatidae: Urogymninae.