Dasyatis
| Dasyatis Temporal range: 100–0 Ma[1] Early Cenomanian to Present | |
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| Common stingray (D. pastinaca) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Suborder: | Myliobatoidei |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810 | |
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Dasyatis (Greek "dasys" meaning rough or dense and "batus" meaning skate) is a genus of stingray. The members of the genus Neotrygon were formerly included in Dasyatis.
Species
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Dasyatis acutirostra K. Nishida & Nakaya, 1988 (Sharpnose stingray)
- Dasyatis akajei J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Whip stingray)
- Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928 (Southern stingray)
- Dasyatis bennetti J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Bennett's stingray)
- Dasyatis brevicaudata F. W. Hutton, 1875 (Short-tail stingray)
- Dasyatis centroura Mitchill, 1815 (Roughtail stingray)
- Dasyatis chrysonota A. Smith, 1828 (Blue stingray)
- Dasyatis colarensis H. R. S. Santos, U. L. Gomes & Charvet-Almeida, 2004 (Colares stingray)
- Dasyatis dipterura D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Diamond stingray)
- Dasyatis fluviorum J. D. Ogilby, 1908 (Estuary stingray)
- Dasyatis garouaensis Stauch & Blanc, 1962 (Smooth freshwater stingray)
- Dasyatis geijskesi Boeseman, 1948 (Sharpsnout stingray)
- Dasyatis gigantea Lindberg, 1930 (Giant stumptail stingray)
- Dasyatis guttata Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Longnose stingray)
- Dasyatis hastata DeKay, 1842
- Dasyatis hypostigma H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (Groovebelly stingray)
- Dasyatis izuensis K. Nishida & Nakaya, 1988 (Izu stingray)
- Dasyatis laevigata Y. T. Chu, 1960 (Yantai stingray)
- Dasyatis laosensis T. R. Roberts & Karnasuta, 1987 (Mekong stingray)
- Dasyatis lata Garman, 1880 (Brown stingray)
- Dasyatis longa Garman, 1880 (Longtail stingray)
- Dasyatis longicauda Last & W. T. White, 2013 (Merauke stingray)[3]
- Dasyatis margarita Günther, 1870 (Daisy stingray)
- Dasyatis margaritella Compagno & T. R. Roberts, 1984 (Pearl stingray)
- Dasyatis marianae U. L. Gomes, R. de S. Rosa & Gadig, 2000 (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
- Dasyatis marmorata Steindachner, 1892 (Marbled stingray)
- Dasyatis matsubarai Miyosi, 1939 (Pitted stingray)
- Dasyatis microps Annandale, 1908 (Smalleye stingray)
- Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959) (Multispine giant stingray)
- Dasyatis navarrae Steindachner, 1892 (Blackish stingray)
- Dasyatis parvonigra Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Dwarf black stingray)
- Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus, 1758 (Common stingray)
- Dasyatis rudis Günther, 1870 (Smalltooth stingray)
- Dasyatis sabina Lesueur, 1824 (Atlantic stingray)
- Dasyatis say Lesueur, 1817 (Bluntnose stingray)
- Dasyatis sinensis Steindachner, 1892 (Chinese stingray)
- Dasyatis thetidis J. D. Ogilby, 1899 (Thorntail stingray)
- Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray)
- Dasyatis ukpam J. A. Smith, 1863 (Thorny freshwater stingray)
- Dasyatis ushiei D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925 (Cow stingray)
- Dasyatis zugei J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Pale-edged stingray)
See also
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Dasyatis in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- 1 2 Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2013): Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago. Zootaxa, 3722 (1): 1–21.
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