uarnak, Raja sephen var. Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:18, viii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Red Sea. No types known. As a variety on p. viii, local name only on p. 18. Types given by Klausewitz 1960:294 [ref. 21330] are specimens used by Rüppell 1837 and are not types of uarnak Forsskål. Not available, published as vernacular Arabic name only. Name made available by Gmelin 1789:1509 [ref. 18139]; see Fricke 2008:12 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Dasyatis uarnak (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:18 [ref. 29757], Compagno & Roberts 1984:4 [ref. 6167], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:77 [ref. 27969]). •Synonym of Himantura uarnak (Gmelin 1789). Current status: Synonym of Himantura uarnak (Gmelin 1789). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific, including Red Sea; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant); Japan south to northern Australia (with author as Forsskål 1775). Habitat: brackish, marine.