Dasyatis

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 revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Dasyatis were reassigned to other genera (Bathytoshia, Fontitrygon, Hemitrygon, Hypanus, Megatrygon and Telatrygon).[2]

Dasyatis Temporal range: 100–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cenomanian to Present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Dasyatidae
Subfamily:	Dasyatinae
Genus:	Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
Amphotistius Garman, 1913 Anacanthus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1829 Brachioptera Gratzianov, 1906 Dasybatus Klein, 1775 Pastinaca Swainson, 1838 Trygon Cuvier (ex Adanson), 1816 Uroxis Rafinesque, 1810

Species

• Dasyatis dipterura (diamond stingray)
• Dasyatis chrysonota A. Smith, 1828 (blue stingray)
• Dasyatis hypostigma H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (groovebelly stingray)
• Dasyatis margaritella (pearl stingray)
• Dasyatis marmorata Steindachner, 1892 (marbled stingray)
• Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus, 1758 (common stingray)
• Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray)

Fossil species † Dasyatis africana Arambourg, 1947

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
2. Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2. PMID 27470808.