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title: "Reticulate Whipray"
description: "Himantura uarnak — Vissen. The reticulate whipray or honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/reticulate-whipray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Reticulate Whipray

> Himantura uarnak — Vissen. The reticulate whipray or honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

- Scientific name: *Himantura uarnak*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 428
- Wikidata: [Q1254948](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1254948)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102778](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102778)

## Names

- en: Reticulate Whipray
- de: Indo-Australischer Tüpfelrochen
- fr: Pastenague léopard

## Countries with the most observations

EG (75), IN (35), IL (28), SA (15), ZA (14), MY (11), KE (8), MZ (6), AE (5), ID (5), OM (5), YE (4)

## Summary

The reticulate whipray or honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It inhabits coastal waters in the western Indian Ocean including the Red Sea, Natal and the Arabian Sea; also a Lessepsian transmigrant in the eastern Mediterranean. A large species reaching 2 m (6.6 ft) in width, the reticulate whipray has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc and an extremely long tail without fin folds. Both its common and scientific names refer to its ornate dorsal color pattern of many small, close-set dark spots or reticulations on a lighter background. However, the reticulate whipray…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulate_whipray

## Photo

![Reticulate Whipray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/reticulate-whipray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100478125

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/reticulate-whipray?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).