''Dasyatis'' (

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and βατίς ''batís'' meaning skate) is a

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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 ...

in the

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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 (biology), 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 gen ...

'', ''

Fontitrygon ''Fontitrygon'' is a genus of stingrays in the family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the ba ...

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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 ...

'', '' Hypanus'', '' Megatrygon'' and '' Telatrygon'').

Species

*'' Dasyatis chrysonota'' A. Smith, 1828 (blue stingray) *'' Dasyatis gigantea'' ( Lindberg, 1930) (giant stumptail stingray) *'' Dasyatis hypostigma'' H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (groovebelly stingray) *'' Dasyatis marmorata'' Steindachner, 1892 (marbled stingray) *'' Dasyatis pastinaca''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

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 zoologic ...

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

References

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