Dasyatis
Encyclopedia
Dasyatis is a genus
of stingray
. The members of the genus Neotrygon
were formerly included in Dasyatis.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of stingray
Stingray
The stingrays are a group of rays, which are cartilaginous fishes related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes, and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae , Plesiobatidae , Urolophidae , Urotrygonidae , Dasyatidae , Potamotrygonidae The...
. The members of the genus Neotrygon
Neotrygon
The maskrays are a genus, Neotrygon, of stingrays, family Dasyatidae, native to the Indo-West Pacific. They are so named because of a distinctive color pattern around their eyes, resembling a mask. The species in this genus were originally placed in the genus Dasyatis by most authors...
were formerly included in Dasyatis.
Species
- Dasyatis acutirostraDasyatis acutirostraThe sharpnose stingray is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found off southern Japan and in the East China Sea. With a rounded pectoral fin disc and a long, projecting snout, D. acutirostra resembles the smaller pale-edged stingray...
K. Nishida & Nakaya, 1988 (Sharpnose stingray) - Dasyatis akajei (J. P. MüllerJohannes Peter MüllerJohannes Peter Müller , was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.-Early years and education:...
& HenleFriedrich Gustav Jakob HenleFriedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay "On Miasma and Contagia" was an early argument for the germ theory of disease...
, 1841) (Whip stingray) - Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & SchroederWilliam Charles SchroederWilliam Charles Schroeder was an American ichthyologist. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He, along with his lifelong colleague Henry Bryant Bigelow, made substantial contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the western North Atlantic...
, 1928 (Southern stingray) - Dasyatis bennetti (J. P. MüllerJohannes Peter MüllerJohannes Peter Müller , was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.-Early years and education:...
& HenleFriedrich Gustav Jakob HenleFriedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay "On Miasma and Contagia" was an early argument for the germ theory of disease...
, 1841) (Bennett's stingray) - Dasyatis brevicaudata (F. W. HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1875) (Short-tail stingray) - Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815) (Roughtail stingray)
- Dasyatis chrysonota (A. SmithAndrew Smith (zoologist)Sir Andrew Smith KCB was a Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of Zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.Smith was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire...
, 1828) (Blue stingray) - Dasyatis colarensis H. R. S. Santos, U. L. Gomes & Charvet-Almeida, 2004 (Colares stingray)
- Dasyatis dipterura (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1880) (Diamond stingray) - Dasyatis fluviorumDasyatis fluviorumThe estuary stingray , also called the estuary stingaree or brown stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Endemic to eastern Australia, it typically inhabits shallow, mangrove-lined tidal rivers, estuaries, and bays in southern Queensland and New South Wales. This yellow-brown...
J. D. OgilbyJames Douglas OgilbyJames Douglas Ogilby was an Australian ichthyologist.Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin.Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in...
, 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 (BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
& J. G. SchneiderJohann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
, 1801) (Longnose stingray) - Dasyatis hastataDasyatis hastataDasyatis hastata is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Some authors regard this species as a synonym of the roughtail stingray ....
(DeKayJames Ellsworth De KayJames Ellsworth De Kay was an American zoologist.-Biography:...
, 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 U. L. Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000 (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
- Dasyatis marmorata (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1892) (Marbled stingray) - Dasyatis matsubarai Miyosi, 1939 (Pitted stingray)
- Dasyatis microps (AnnandaleNelson AnnandaleThomas Nelson Annandale CIE was a Scottish zoologist, entomologist and anthropologist.The eldest son of Thomas Annandale, the regius professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh, Nelson was educated at Rugby School, Balliol College, Oxford, and the University of Edinburgh.Annandale...
, 1908) (Smalleye stingray) - Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959) (Multispine giant stingray)
- Dasyatis navarrae (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1892) (Blackish stingray) - Dasyatis parvonigra Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Dwarf black stingray)
- Dasyatis pastinaca (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) (Common stingray) - Dasyatis rudis (Günther, 1870) (Smalltooth stingray)
- Dasyatis sabina (LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...
, 1824) (Atlantic stingray) - Dasyatis say (LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...
, 1817) (Bluntnose stingray) - Dasyatis sinensis (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1892) (Chinese stingray) - Dasyatis thetidis J. D. OgilbyJames Douglas OgilbyJames Douglas Ogilby was an Australian ichthyologist.Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin.Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in...
, 1899 (Thorntail stingray) - Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray)
- Dasyatis ukpam (J. A. Smith, 1863) (Thorny freshwater stingray)
- Dasyatis ushiei (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
, 1925) (Cow stingray) - Dasyatis zugei (J. P. MüllerJohannes Peter MüllerJohannes Peter Müller , was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.-Early years and education:...
& HenleFriedrich Gustav Jakob HenleFriedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay "On Miasma and Contagia" was an early argument for the germ theory of disease...
, 1841) (Pale-edged stingray)