''Dasyatis'' (
Greek δασύς ''dasýs'' meaning
rough
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or
dense and βατίς ''batís'' meaning
skate
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) is a
genus of
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), Plesiobatidae ( ...
in the
family Dasyatidae that is native to the Atlantic, including the
Mediterranean. In a 2016
taxonomic
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revision, many of the species formerly assigned to ''Dasyatis'' were reassigned to other genera (''
Bathytoshia'', ''
Fontitrygon'', ''
Hemitrygon'', ''
Hypanus
''Hypanus'' is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from warmer parts of the East Pacific and Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The genus was previous regarded as a junior synonym of the genus ''Dasyatis''.
Species
...
'', ''
Megatrygon'' and ''
Telatrygon'').
Species
*''
Dasyatis dipterura''
( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (diamond stingray)
*''
Dasyatis chrysonota''
A. Smith, 1828 (blue stingray)
*''
Dasyatis hypostigma''
H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (groovebelly stingray)
*''
Dasyatis marmorata''
Steindachner
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, 1892 (marbled stingray)
*''
Dasyatis pastinaca''
Linnaeus, 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, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
(common stingray)
*''
Dasyatis tortonesei''
Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray)
Fossil species
*
†
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''
Dasyatis africana''
Arambourg, 1947
See also
*
List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q902487
Ray genera
Cenomanian genus first appearances
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Extant Cenomanian first appearances