Pastinachus

Pastinachus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. This genus was long held to be monotypic, containing only the cowtail stingray (P. sephen). Recent studies of Indo-Pacific stingrays have revealed that there are in fact a number of different species of Pastinachus, and that some former junior synonyms may need to be resurrected.[1]

Pastinachus
Cowtail stingray (P. sephen)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Order:
Myliobatiformes
Family:
Dasyatidae
Genus:
Pastinachus

Rüppell, 1829
Type species
Raja sephen
Forsskål, 1775
Synonyms
  • Hypolophus Müller & Henle, 1837

Species
  • Pastinachus ater (W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Broad cowtail stingray)
  • Pastinachus gracilicaudus Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2010 (Narrow cowtail stingray)
  • Pastinachus sephen (Forsskål, 1775) (Cowtail stingray)
  • Pastinachus solocirostris Last, Manjaji & Yearsley, 2005 (Roughnose cowtail stingray)
  • Pastinachus stellurostris Last, Fahmi & Naylor, 2010 (Starrynose cowtail stingray)
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References
  1. Last, P.R.; Manjaji, B.M. & Yearsley, G.K. (2005). "Pastinachus solocirostris sp. nov., a new species of Stingray (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes) from the Indo–Malay Archipelago". Zootaxa. 1040: 1–16.
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