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Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Urogymninae
Etymology: Himantura: Greek, iman, imantos = thong, strap + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); tutul: Malay word tutul which means 'spotted', referring to leopard-like markings on the dorsal surface of large specimens (>1 m DW)..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Distribution
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Indo-West Pacific: from the coast of Tanzania, to Laccadive Sea and Indo-Malay Archipelago, including Sunda Strait area, southern coast of Java Island, the Bali Sea, eastern South China Sea and Sulu Sea (Sabah).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 115.0 cm WD (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Borsa, P., J.-D. Durand, K.N. Shen, I.S. Arlyza, D.D. Solihin and P. Berrebi, 2013. Himantura tutul sp. nov. (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae), a new ocellated whipray from the tropical Indo-West Pacific, described from its cytochrome-oxidase I gene sequence. Comptes Rendus Biologies 336:82-92. (Ref. 93847)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00366 - 0.01891), b=3.10 (2.90 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).