leoparda, Himantura Manjaji-Matsumoto [B. M.] & Last [P. R.] 2008:294, Figs. 1-4, 5A [CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022; ref. 29695] Northwest of Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia, 12°08'S, 139°58'E, depth 46 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 2903-01. Paratypes: CAS 213820 (1); CSIRO H 635-02 (1), H 3863-01(2), H 3903-02 (claspers), H 4131-01 (1), H 5284-05 (parts saved), H 5478-01 (1), H 5585-02 (right clasper); IPMB 38.01.04 (1); NTM S 10765-002 (1). Plus literature records. •Valid as Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2008 -- (Last et al. 2008:303 [ref. 29696], Last el al. 2010:200 [ref. 32461], Borsa et al. 2013:87 [ref. 32736], Larson et al. 2013:19 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:362 [ref. 33045], Psomadakis et al. 2015:101 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:136 [ref. 34211], Miesen et al. 2016:80 [ref. 34492], Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:386 [ref. 34638], Last et al. 2016:562 [ref. 35010], White et al. 2017:230 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:55 [ref. 35922], Eagderi et al. 2019:9 [ref. 37020], Bineesh et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37641], Golzarianpour et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37674], Psomadakis et al. 2020:204 [ref. 37272], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Ebert et al. 2021:92 [ref. 38234], Saad et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38233], Barone et al. 2022:58 [ref. 39527], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:39 [ref. 41223], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Manjaji-Matsumoto et al. 2022:603 [ref. 39674], Ogata & Murase 2023:23 [ref. 40821]). Current status: Valid as Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2008. Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Aden and Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Miyazaki Prefecture (Japan)s, south to northern Australia; eastern Mediterranean (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.
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