Pink Whipray
Himantura fai Jordan & Seale, 1906: 184, fig. 2. Holotype: USNM 51712. Type locality: Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa.
Local synonymy: Dasyatis purpureus [non Smith, A., 1841]: Wallace, 1967c: 50, fig. 24. Himantura sp.: Compagno & Heemstra, 1984: 4; Compagno, 1986: 140, fig. 30.11; Compagno et al., 1989: 106, pl. Himantura sp. near fai: Compagno, 1999: 117. Himantura fai: Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al., 2016h: 356; Last et al., 2016i: 600, fig. 25.71; Weigmann, 2016: 970.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 7879 [former ORI B906], SAIAB 7887 [former ORI B649] (specimens accessioned as Pteroplatytrygon violacea).
South African distribution: Durban to northern KZN.
Remarks: A poorly known species in South African waters. It is very closely related to P. jenkinsii.
Conservation status: VU (2016).