The whitenose whipray (Pateobatis uarnacoides) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western central Pacific Ocean, where it is found in shallow water including estuaries.

He was an army surgeon who worked for 20 years for the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia, amassing a collection of over 12,000 fish which he took home with him when he returned to Holland.

[3] The whitenose whipray is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the western central Pacific Ocean, its range extending from India to Malaysia and Indonesia; it is a demersal fish and is usually found over soft substrates in water that is shallower than 30 m (100 ft), including the lower reaches of rivers and estuaries.

The skins are dried and used in the manufacture of galuchat bags, wallets, belts, and shoes.

In India, too, where it is heavily fished, the catch rate is also declining from overfishing, as well as pollution and coastal degradation.