Dasyatis Fossil range: 100–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cenomanian to Present[1]
Dasyatis brevicaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Rajiformes Family: Dasyatidae Genus: Dasyatis
Species
See text.

Dasyatis is the genus of the currently accepted scientific name derived from the Greek word "dasys" meaning rough or dense and "batus" meaning skate.

Species

• Genus Dasyatis
  • Dasyatis acutirostra Nishida & Nakaya, 1988.
  • Red stingray, Dasyatis akajei (Müller & Henle, 1841).
  • Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928.
  • Bennett's stingray, Dasyatis bennetti (Müller & Henle, 1841).
  • Short-tail stingray or smooth stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875).
  • Whiptail stingray, Dasyatis brevis (Garman, 1880).
  • Roughtail stingray, Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815).
  • Blue stingray, Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828).
  • Diamond stingray, Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880).
  • Estuary stingray, Dasyatis fluviorum Ogilby, 1908.
  • Smooth freshwater stingray, Dasyatis garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc, 1962).
  • Sharpsnout stingray, Dasyatis geijskesi Boeseman, 1948.
  • Giant stumptail stingray, Dasyatis gigantea (Lindberg, 1930).
  • Longnose stingray, Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
  • Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842).
  • Izu stingray, Dasyatis izuensis Nishida & Nakaya, 1988.
  • Yantai stingray, Dasyatis laevigata Chu, 1960.
  • Mekong stingray, Dasyatis laosensis Roberts & Karnasuta, 1987.
  • Brown stingray, Dasyatis latus (Garman, 1880).
  • Longtail stingray, Dasyatis longa (Garman, 1880).
  • Daisy stingray, Dasyatis margarita (Günther, 1870).
  • Pearl stingray, Dasyatis margaritella Compagno & Roberts, 1984.
  • Dasyatis marianae Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000.
  • Marbled stingray, Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892).
  • Pitted stingray, Dasyatis matsubarai Miyosi, 1939.
  • Smalleye stingray, Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908).
  • Multispine giant stingray, Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959).
  • Blackish stingray, Dasyatis navarrae (Steindachner, 1892).
  • Common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Smalltooth stingray, Dasyatis rudis (Günther, 1870).
  • Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824).
  • Bluntnose stingray, Dasyatis say (Lesueur, 1817).
  • Chinese stingray, Dasyatis sinensis (Steindachner, 1892).
  • Thorntail stingray, Dasyatis thetidis Ogilby, 1899.
  • Tortonese's stingray, Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975.
  • Cow stingray, Dasyatis ushiei (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925).
  • Pale-edged stingray, Dasyatis zugei (Müller & Henle, 1841).

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. Retrieved on 9 January 2008. 

External links

• Phylogenetic Relationships within the Stingray Genus Dasyatis (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Dasyatis". Image Credit.

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