honeycomb stingray
Himantura uarnak
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Genus
- Himantura
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 8 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 6 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 22 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 163 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records