WoRMS taxon details
Dasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879
- Genus Bathytoshia Whitley, 1933
- Genus Brevitrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Fluvitrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Fontitrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Hemitrygon Müller & Henle, 1838
- Genus Himantura Müller & Henle, 1837
- Genus Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818
- Genus Maculabatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Megatrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Neotrygon Castelnau, 1873
- Genus Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829
- Genus Pateobatis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Pteroplatytrygon Fowler, 1910
- Genus Taeniura Müller & Henle, 1837
- Genus Taeniurops Garman, 1913
- Genus Telatrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
- Genus Trigon Rüppell, 1829
- Genus Urogymnus Müller & Henle, 1837
- Genus Amphotistius Garman, 1913 accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Anacanthus Cuvier, 1829 (ex Ehrenberg) accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
- Genus Anacanthus Ehrenberg in Van der Hoeven, 1833 accepted as Urogymnus Müller & Henle, 1837 (synonym)
- Genus Dasyatus accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Dasybatis Blainville, 1825 accepted as Raja Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Dasybatus Garman (ex Klein), 1885 accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Desyatis accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Himuntura accepted as Himantura Müller & Henle, 1837 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Rachinotus accepted as Rhachinotus Cantor, 1849 accepted as Urogymnus Müller & Henle, 1837 (misspelling)
- Genus Toeniura accepted as Taeniura Müller & Henle, 1837 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Trygon Cuvier (ex Adanson), 1816 accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Urogymnosus accepted as Urogymnus Müller & Henle, 1837 (misspelling)
- Genus Urolophoides Lindberg, 1930 accepted as Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Chiefly marine; also in brackish and freshwater. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Side of head continuous with the...
Description Chiefly marine; also in brackish and freshwater. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Side of head continuous with the anterior margin of pectoral fin. Dorsal fin totally absent or indistinct, when present. Disc about 1.2 times as broad as long. No caudal fin. Tail long and whip-like. Most species with at least 1 long venomous spine on tail, which can cause excruciating pain to humans. Largest species to about 4 m length or width. Live-bearing (ovoviviparous). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105708 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Chiefly marine; also in brackish and freshwater. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Side of head continuous with the anterior margin of pectoral fin. Dorsal fin totally absent or indistinct, when present. Disc about 1.2 times as broad as long. No caudal fin. Tail long and whip-like. Most species with at least 1 long venomous spine on tail, which can cause excruciating pain to humans. Largest species to about 4 m length or width. Live-bearing (ovoviviparous). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sting rays | [details] |
| Japanese | アカエイ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | pilskatefamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | pilskatefamilien | [details] |
