kuhlii, Trygon Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:164, [Pl. 51 (right)] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Vanicoro [Solomon Islands]. Lectotype: MNHN 2440. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-2440 (1 "tail missing") Vanicoro, A-7931 (1) New Guinea; RMNH (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:87 [ref. 20739], Boeseman 1947:225 [ref. 12876], Séret & McEachran 1987:19 [ref. 9312]. Lectotype selected by Last et al. 2016:535 [ref. 34245]. See Borsa & Béarez 2016:258 [ref. 34820] for comments. •Valid as Amphotistius kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:41 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:25 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:17 [ref. 29757], Compagno & Heemstra 1984:13 [ref. 8238], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:15 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:137 [ref. 5648], Allen & Swainston 1988:26 [ref. 25477], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Nishida & Nakaya 1990:333 [ref. 20166], Randall et al. 1990:29 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:23 [ref. 23929], Last & Stevens 1994:391 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:5 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:76 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:46 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:9 [ref. 26476], Larson & Williams 1997:346 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:22 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:29 [ref. 25919], Senou & Masuda 1998:6 [ref. 24388], Myers 1999:38 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:31 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:151 [ref. 24253], Last & Compagno 1999:1484 [ref. 24639], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:304 [ref. 25467], Johnson 1999:716 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Gomes et al. 2000:514 [ref. 24451], Nakabo 2000:181 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:100 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:96 [ref. 26368], Rosenberger 2001:615 [ref. 25447], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:181 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:70, 485 [ref. 26218], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:609 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:17 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:50 [ref. 27735], Santos & Carvalho 2004:17 [ref. 28040], Paxton et al. 2006:192 [ref. 28995], Schwartz 2008:36 [ref. 36773], Motomura et al. 2010:69 [ref. 31256], Parin et al. 2014:38 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Last & White 2008:315 [ref. 29697], Kimura 2009:14 [ref. 30426], Last et al. 2010:47 [ref. 30793], Last el al. 2010:220 [ref. 32461], Weigmann 2011:272 [ref. 32424], Fricke et al. 2011:347 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:64 [ref. 31980], Yamashita et al. 2012:134 [ref. 32408], Naylor et al. 2012:76 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Fricke et al. 2013:250 [ref. 32706], Borsa et al. 2013:222 [ref. 32770], Larson et al. 2013:20 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:362 [ref. 33045], Manjaji-Matsumoto in Kimura et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:103 [ref. 34104], Dyldin 2015:74 [ref. 34524], Last et al. 2016:533 [ref. 34245], Weigmann 2016:139 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Last et al. 2016:358 [ref. 34581], Borsa & Béarez 2016:255 [ref. 34820], Last et al. 2016:587 [ref. 35010], Borsa 2017:3 [ref. 35149], Koeda et al. 2016:5 [ref. 35333], Borsa et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35563], White et al. 2017:241 [ref. 35860], Kumar et al. 2018:298 [ref. 36178], Haroon & Kibria 2021:114 [ref. 39241], Srinivasan et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38695], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:37 [ref. 41223] as sp. cf. kuhlii, Mansur et al. 2022:82 [ref. 43064], Allen & Erdmann 2024:67 [ref. 40796], Hata & Motomura 2024:9 [ref. 41351], Glaus et al. 2025:9 [ref. 42170]). Current status: Valid as Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle 1841). Dasyatidae: Neotrygoninae. Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Solomon Islands endemic [ref. 35010]. Formerly Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Philippines and Mariana Islands, north to Hokkaido (Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2018): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.