''Dasyatis'' (

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δασύς ''dasýs'' meaning rough or

dense Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematically ...

and βατίς ''batís'' meaning

skate Skate or Skates may refer to: Fish *Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae * Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae * Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belongin ...

) is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

stingray Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatid ...

in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Dasyatidae that is native to the Atlantic, including the

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. In a 2016

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revision, many of the species formerly assigned to ''Dasyatis'' were reassigned to other genera (''

Bathytoshia ''Bathytoshia'' is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate oceans (except the East Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean). It was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus ''Dasyatis''. ...

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Fontitrygon ''Fontitrygon'' is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae found in coastal tropical Atlantic waters and rivers that drain into the Atlantic. ''Fontitrygon'' species were formerly contained within the genus ''Dasyatis''. Species *'' Fonti ...

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Hemitrygon ''Hemitrygon'' is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats in the central Indo-Pacific and northwest Pacific regions. The genus was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus ''Dasyatis ...

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Megatrygon The smalleye stingray (''Megatrygon microps'') is a large species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, measuring up to across. Rare but widely distributed, it is found in the Indo-Pacific from Mozambique to India to northern Australia. This s ...

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Telatrygon ''Telatrygon'' is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from the central Indo-Pacific. Its species were formerly contained within the genus ''Dasyatis''. Species The placement of ''T. acutirostra'' within the genus is provisional pendin ...

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Species

*'' Dasyatis dipterura'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (diamond stingray) *''

Dasyatis chrysonota The blue stingray (''Dasyatis chrysonota'') is a species of whiptail stingray of the family Dasyatidae often found in the coastal waters of southern Africa. Distribution and similar species The species' common geographical distribution ranges ...

'' A. Smith, 1828 (blue stingray) *'' Dasyatis hypostigma'' H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (groovebelly stingray) *''

Dasyatis marmorata ''Dasyatis marmorata'', the marbled stingray, is a species of stingray of the family Dasyatidae. Its geographic range covers the central and south-eastern Atlantic, from Morocco to South Africa. It is also present in the coastal waters of southe ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1892 (marbled stingray) *''

Dasyatis pastinaca The common stingray (''Dasyatis pastinaca'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It typically inhabits sandy or muddy habitats in coastal waters shallo ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...

(common stingray) *'' Dasyatis tortonesei'' Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray) Fossil species *

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Dasyatis africana ''Dasyatis'' ( Greek δασύς ''dasýs'' meaning rough or dense and βατίς ''batís'' meaning skate) is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Atlantic, including the Mediterranean. In a 2016 taxonomic revis ...

'' Arambourg, 1947

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