Dasyatis

Dasyatis Temporal range: 100–0 Ma[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cenomanian to Present
Common stingray (D. pastinaca)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Dasyatidae
Genus:	Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
Amphotistius Garman, 1913 Anacanthus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1829 Bathytoshia Whitley, 1933 Brachioptera Gratzianov, 1906 Dasybatus Klein, 1775 Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818 Pastinaca Swainson, 1838 Toshia Whitley, 1933 Trygon Cuvier (ex Adanson), 1816 Urolophoides Lindberg in Soldatov & Lindberg, 1930 Uroxis Rafinesque, 1810

Dasyatis (Greek "dasys" meaning rough or dense and "batus" meaning skate) is a genus of stingray. The members of the genus Neotrygon were formerly included in Dasyatis.

Species

• Dasyatis acutirostra K. Nishida & Nakaya, 1988 (Sharpnose stingray)
• Dasyatis akajei (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Whip stingray)
• Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928 (Southern stingray)
• Dasyatis bennetti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Bennett's stingray)
• Dasyatis brevicaudata (F. W. Hutton, 1875) (Short-tail stingray)
• Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815) (Roughtail stingray)
• Dasyatis chrysonota (A. Smith, 1828) (Blue stingray)
• Dasyatis colarensis H. R. S. Santos, Gomes & Charvet-Almeida, 2004 (Colares stingray)
• Dasyatis dipterura (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (Diamond stingray)
• Dasyatis fluviorum J. D. Ogilby, 1908 (Estuary stingray)
• Dasyatis garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc, 1962) (Smooth freshwater stingray)
• Dasyatis geijskesi Boeseman, 1948 (Sharpsnout stingray)
• Dasyatis gigantea (Lindberg, 1930) (Giant stumptail stingray)
• Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray)
• Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842)
• Dasyatis hypostigma H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (Groovebelly stingray)
• Dasyatis izuensis K. Nishida & Nakaya, 1988 (Izu stingray)
• Dasyatis laevigata Y. T. Chu, 1960 (Yantai stingray)
• Dasyatis laosensis T. R. Roberts & Karnasuta, 1987 (Mekong stingray)
• Dasyatis lata (Garman, 1880) (Brown stingray)
• Dasyatis longa (Garman, 1880) (Longtail stingray)
• Dasyatis margarita (Günther, 1870) (Daisy stingray)
• Dasyatis margaritella Compagno & T. R. Roberts, 1984 (Pearl stingray)
• Dasyatis marianae Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000 (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
• Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892) (Marbled stingray)
• Dasyatis matsubarai Miyosi, 1939 (Pitted stingray)
• Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908) (Smalleye stingray)
• Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959) (Multispine giant stingray)
• Dasyatis navarrae (Steindachner, 1892) (Blackish stingray)
• Dasyatis parvonigra Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Dwarf black stingray)
• Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common stingray)
• Dasyatis rudis (Günther, 1870) (Smalltooth stingray)
• Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
• Dasyatis say (Lesueur, 1817) (Bluntnose stingray)
• Dasyatis sinensis (Steindachner, 1892) (Chinese stingray)
• Dasyatis thetidis J. D. Ogilby, 1899 (Thorntail stingray)
• Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray)
• Dasyatis ukpam (J. A. Smith, 1863) (Thorny freshwater stingray)
• Dasyatis ushiei (D. S. Jordan & Carl Hubbs, 1925) (Cow stingray)
• Dasyatis zugei (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Pale-edged stingray)

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Dasyatis in FishBase. February 2011 version.

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class.