''Bathytoshia'' is a
genus
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of
stingray
Stingrays are a group of sea Batoidea, rays, a type of cartilaginous fish. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae (deepwate ...
s in the
family
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Dasyatidae found worldwide in tropical and warm
temperate
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oceans (except the East Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean). It was formerly regarded as a
junior synonym
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...
of the genus ''
Dasyatis
''Dasyatis'' (Greek alphabet, Greek δασύς ''dasýs'' meaning wikt:rough, rough or Density, dense and βατίς ''batís'' meaning Skate (fish), skate) is a genus of stingray in the family (biology), family Dasyatidae that is native to the ...
''.
Species
Molecular phylogenetic
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data indicate that several previously recognized ''Dasyatis'' species are in fact populations of wider-ranging ''Bathytoshia'' species.
References
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Dasyatidae