kuhlii, Trygon Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:164, [Pl. 51 (right)] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Vanicoro [Solomon Islands]. Lectotype: MNHN 2440. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-2440 (1 "tail missing") Vanicoro, A-7931 (1) New Guinea; RMNH (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:87 [ref. 20739], Boeseman 1947:225 [ref. 12876], Séret & McEachran 1987:19 [ref. 9312]. Lectotype selected by Last et al. 2016:535 [ref. 34245]. See Borsa & Béarez 2016:258 [ref. 34820] for comments. •Valid as Amphotistius kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:41 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:25 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:17 [ref. 29757], Compagno & Heemstra 1984:13 [ref. 8238], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:15 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:137 [ref. 5648], Allen & Swainston 1988:26 [ref. 25477], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Nishida & Nakaya 1990:333 [ref. 20166], Randall et al. 1990:29 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:23 [ref. 23929], Last & Stevens 1994:391 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:5 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:76 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:46 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:9 [ref. 26476], Larson & Williams 1997:346 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:22 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:29 [ref. 25919], Senou & Masuda 1998:6 [ref. 24388], Myers 1999:38 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:31 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:151 [ref. 24253], Last & Compagno 1999:1484 [ref. 24639], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:304 [ref. 25467], Johnson 1999:716 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Gomes et al. 2000:514 [ref. 24451], Nakabo 2000:181 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:100 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:96 [ref. 26368], Rosenberger 2001:615 [ref. 25447], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:181 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:70, 485 [ref. 26218], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:609 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:17 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:50 [ref. 27735], Santos & Carvalho 2004:17 [ref. 28040], Paxton et al. 2006:192 [ref. 28995], Schwartz 2008:36 [ref. 36773], Motomura et al. 2010:69 [ref. 31256], Parin et al. 2014:38 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Last & White 2008:315 [ref. 29697], Kimura 2009:14 [ref. 30426], Last et al. 2010:47 [ref. 30793], Last el al. 2010:220 [ref. 32461], Weigmann 2011:272 [ref. 32424], Fricke et al. 2011:347 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:64 [ref. 31980], Yamashita et al. 2012:134 [ref. 32408], Naylor et al. 2012:76 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Fricke et al. 2013:250 [ref. 32706], Borsa et al. 2013:222 [ref. 32770], Larson et al. 2013:20 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:362 [ref. 33045], Manjaji-Matsumoto in Kimura et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:103 [ref. 34104], Dyldin 2015:74 [ref. 34524], Last et al. 2016:533 [ref. 34245], Weigmann 2016:139 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Last et al. 2016:358 [ref. 34581], Borsa & Béarez 2016:255 [ref. 34820], Last et al. 2016:587 [ref. 35010], Borsa 2017:3 [ref. 35149], Koeda et al. 2016:5 [ref. 35333], Borsa et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35563], White et al. 2017:241 [ref. 35860], Kumar et al. 2018:298 [ref. 36178], Haroon & Kibria 2021:114 [ref. 39241], Srinivasan et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38695], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:37 [ref. 41223] as sp. cf. kuhlii, Allen & Erdmann 2024:67 [ref. 40796], Hata & Motomura 2024:9 [ref. 41351]). Current status: Valid as Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841). Dasyatidae: Neotrygoninae. Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Solomon Islands endemic [ref. 35010]. Formerly Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Philippines and Mariana Islands, north to Hokkaido (Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.