Family : Dasyatidae (Stingrays)
Order : Rajiformes  (skates and rays)
Class : Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Fishbase Name : Leopard whipray
Fish Name : Himantura undulata
Max size : 410 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9840)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical; 30°N - 24°S
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Distribution: Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal to New Guinea, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Not occurring in the western Indian Ocean.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Demersal on soft substrate inshore (Ref.58048). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Caught occasionally in the demersal tangle net, bottom trawl and longline fisheries. Utilized for its meat, skin (high value) and cartilage (Ref.58048)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : venomous
Coordinator : McEachran, John
Main Ref : Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens. 1994. (Ref. 6871)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses