''Taeniura'' 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 ...

s 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. The species ''

Taeniurops grabata The round fantail stingray (''Taeniurops grabatus'') or round stingray, is a poorly known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It inhabits sandy, muddy, or rocky coastal habitats in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Mediterra ...

'' and '' T. meyeni'' were formerly placed in this genus. However,

phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

research has shown that these two species are not closely related to ''T. lymma'', and they have been assigned to a separate genus, ''

Taeniurops ''Taeniurops'' is a genus of stingrays 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 ma ...

''.

Species

*'' Taeniura lessoni'' Last, White & Naylor, 2016 (Oceania fantail ray) *'' Taeniura lymma'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray)

References

Dasyatidae Ray genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle {{Rajiformes-stub