pastinacoides, Trygon Bleeker [P.] 1852:75 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.161. Original as pastinacoïdes. •Valid as Himantura pastinacoides (Bleeker 1852) -- (Compagno 1999:496 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Last et al. 2006:31 [ref. 28719], Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2006:295 [ref. 28776], Last el al. 2010:206 [ref. 32461], Last et al. 2012:30 [ref. 31993], Naylor et al. 2012:69 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Weigmann 2016:136 [ref. 34211], Haroon & Kibria 2021:107 [ref. 39241]). •Valid as Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) -- (Last et al. 2016:362 [ref. 34581], Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2016:351 [ref. 34624], Last et al. 2016:66 [ref. 34669], Last et al. 2016:579 [ref. 35010], Psomadakis et al. 2020:207 [ref. 37272], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 3 [ref. 38321]). Current status: Valid as Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker 1852). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Sumatra, Java and Borneo (Indonesia). Habitat: brackish, marine.