Himantura gerrardi Sharpnose stingray

Himantura gerrardiis commonly referred to as Sharpnose stingray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

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Scientific:: Himantura gerrardi
German:: Stechrochen
English:: Sharpnose Stingray

Category:: Stingrays

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Himantura (Genus) > gerrardi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gray, ), 1851

Occurrence:: Kuwait, Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Cambodia, China, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South-Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Sea depth:: 12 - 50 Meter
Size:: up to 78.74" (200 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Hydrozoa polyps, Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Endangered (EN)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Himantura alcockii
Himantura astra
Himantura australis
Himantura bleekeri
Himantura dalyensis
Himantura fai
Himantura fava
Himantura fluviatilis
Himantura gerrardi
Stechrochen
Himantura granulata
Mangroven-Peitschenschwanz-Rochen
Himantura hortlei
Himantura imbricata
Himantura jenkinsii
Jenkins-Peitschenschwanz-Rochen
Himantura kittipongi
Himantura krempfi
Himantura leoparda
Himantura lobistoma
Himantura marginata
Himantura microphthalma
Himantura oxyrhyncha
Himantura pacifica
Himantura pareh
Himantura pastinacoides
Himantura polylepis
Himantura randalli
Himantura schmardae
Himantura signifer
Himantura toshi
Himantura tutul
Himantura uarnacoides
Himantura uarnak
Stechrochen
Himantura undulata
Stechrochen
Himantura walga
Stechrochen

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-03-16 18:05:46
Last edit:: 2020-08-14 19:57:32

Info

(Gray, 1851)

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

Feeds on crustaceans.

Synonyms:
Dasyatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
Himantura gerrardii (Gray, 1851) (misspelling)
Trygon gerrardi Gray, 1851
Trygon liocephalus Klunzinger, 1871

Scientific paper

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Sharpnose stingray Himantura gerrardi (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), Chen, Xiao; Cai, Jingbo; Ding, Wenyong; Xiang, Dan; Ai, Weiming , 2014
Study of patient's injuries by stingrays, lethal activity determination and cardiac effects induced by Himantura gerrardi venom, Hadi Dehghani; Mir Masoud Sajjadi; Hamid Rajaian; Javad Sajedianfard; Paria Parto, 2009

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 14.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Johnny Jensen (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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