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Dasyatidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Myliobatiformes
family
Dasyatidae

Name

Synonyms
Agabelus porcatus Cope, 1875
Dasyatis dezignoi Molin, 1861
Dasybatidae
Himanturidae
Neotrygonidae
Pastinachidae
Homonyms
Dasyatidae
Common names
Bastanga in Basque
Dasyatidés in French
Ikan Pari in Malay
Ogończowate in Polish
Paprastosios dygliauodegės rajos in Lithuanian
Pastinache o trigoni in Italian
Piggrokker in Norwegian
Pigrokkefamilien in Danish
Pigrokkefamilien in Danish
Pijlstaartroggen in Dutch
Pilrokke in Danish
Roc an gha nimhe in Irish
Spjutrockor in Swedish
Stachelschwanzrochen in German
Stechrochen in German
Stingrays in English
Stingskötur in Icelandic
Trigone in Italian
Tüskésrájafélék in Hungarian
Whip-tail Stingrays in English
Whiprays in English
Whiptail Stingray in English
Whiptail Stingrays in English
keihäsrauskut in Finnish
morski biči in Slovenian
pastenagues in French
pastenagues in French
pijlstaartroggen in Dutch
pilskatefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
rayas látigo in Spanish
rayas látigo in Spanish
sting rays in English
stingrays in English
stingrays in English
trnuchovití in Czech
tövises rájafélék in Hungarian
whip-tail stingrays in English
whip-tail stingrays in English
whiprays in English
whiprays in English
whiptail stingray in English
whiptail stingrays in English
whiptail stingrays in English
Łóóʼ adishishí in Navajo
Τρυγόνες in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Жутуље in Serbian
Морски котки in Bulgarian
Морскокоткови in Bulgarian
Скаты-хвостоколы in Russian
Хвастаколавыя in Belarusian

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. McEachran, John D. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Whip-tail Stingrays: Family Dasyatidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 75-78.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. 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
  14. 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
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