FAMILY Dasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879 - stingrays SUBFAMILY Dasyatinae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879 - stingrays [=Trygonini, Dasybatidae, Dasybatidae G, Brachiopteridae] Notes: Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice Trygonini Bonaparte, 1835:[2] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Trygon [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; Richardson 1846:320 [ref. 3742] used Trygonisidae] Dasybatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879:386 [ref. 2465] (family) Dasyatis [as “Dasybatis Rafinesque”, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; corrected to Dasyatidae by Jordan 1888:22 [ref. 2390]; emended to Dasyatididae by Steyskal 1980:170 [ref. 14191], confirmed by Nakaya in Masuda, Amaoka, Araga, Uyeno & Yoshino 1984:15 [ref. 6441] and by Kottelat 2013b:25 [ref. 32989]; Kamohara 1967:8, Lindberg 1971:56 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976:44 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976:16, Nelson 1984:63 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984):197 [ref. 13675], Robins et al. 1991a:1, 4 [ref. 14237], Springer & Raasch 1995:103 [ref. 25656], Eschmeyer 1998:2451 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999:39 [ref. 25589], Chu & Meng 2001:412, Allen, Midgley & Allen 2002:330 [ref. 25930], Paugy, Lévêque & Teugels 2003a:80 [ref. 29209], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], Nelson 2006:79 [ref. 32486], Stiassny, Teugels & Hopkins 2007a:154 [ref. 30009], Kimura, Satapoomin & Matsuura 2009:12 [ref. 30425] and Last & Stevens 2009:429 used Dasyatidae as valid; family name sometimes seen as Dasyatiidae; senior objective synonym of Dasybatidae Gill, 1893] Dasybatidae Gill, 1893b:130 [ref. 26255] (family) Dasybatus Garman [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; junior objective synonym of Dasybatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, invalid, Article 61.3.2] Brachiopteridae Jordan, 1923a:105 [ref. 2421] (family) Brachioptera GENUS Bathytoshia Whitley, 1933 - stingrays [=Bathytoshia Whitley [G. P.], 1933:61] Notes: [ref. 4677]. Fem. Dasyatis thetidis Ogilby, 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Second species doubtfully included. •Synonym of Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 -- (Kottelat 2013:25 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Bathytoshia Whitley, 1933 -- (Last et al. 2016:354 [ref. 34581] in Dasyatinae, Last et al. 2016:529 [ref. 35010]). Current status: Valid as Bathytoshia Whitley 1933. Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Species Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) - shorttail stingray, smooth stingray [=Trygon brevicaudata Hutton [F. W.], 1875:317, Dasyatis matsubarai Miyosi [Y.], 1939:96, Fig. 3, Trygon schreineri Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1913:33, Fig.] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 95) (art. 41); ref. 18317] Dunedin Harbor, New Zealand. Current status: Valid as Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern Africa to New Zealand, off Japan and Peter the Great Bay (Russia). Habitat: brackish, marine. (matsubarai) [Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan v. 9 (no. 5); ref. 17204] Off Hyuga Nada, east coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, depth 40-60 meters. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: marine. (schreineri) [Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 17875] Off the rocks at St. James in False Bay, South Africa. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815) - roughtail stingray [=Raja centroura Mitchill [S. L.], 1815:479, Pastinaca acanthura Gronow [L. T.], in Gray, 1854:12, Trygon aldrovandi Risso [A.], 1827:160, Pastinaca aspera Cuvier [G.], 1816:136, Trygon brucco Bonaparte [C. L.], 1834:fasc. 6, punt. 34, Pl. 157, Raia gesneri Cuvier [G.], 1829:400, Dasybatus marinus Garman [S.], 1913:382, Pls. 33 (1-2), 44 (7), 53 (5), Trygon spinosissima Duméril [A. H. A.], 1865:598, Trygon thalassia Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] (ex Columna), 1841:161, 197] Notes: [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] Long Island coast, New York, U.S.A. Current status: Valid as Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine. (acanthura) [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Mediterranean Sea and American seas. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (aldrovandi) [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (aspera) [Le Règne Animal v. 2; ref. 993] Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1986:32 [ref. 9312]. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. (brucco) [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 517] Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (gesneri) [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (marinus) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (spinosissima) [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 1; ref. 1150] Unknown locality. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (thalassia) [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880) - brown stingray [=Trygon lata Garman [S.], 1880:170, Dasybatis agulhensis Barnard [K. H.], 1925:78, Dasyatis lubricus Smith [J. L. B.], 1957:429, Pl. 15, Dasyatis sciera Jenkins [O. P.], 1903:421, Pl. 1, Dasyatis thetidis Ogilby [J. D.], in Waite, 1899:46, Dasybatis ushiei Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.], 1925:114] Notes: [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 6 (no. 11); ref. 17881] Hawaiian Islands. Current status: Valid as Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific including Hawaii Islands, eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: marine. (agulhensis) [Annals of the South African Museum v. 21 (pt 1); ref. 192] Agulhas Bank, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (lubricus) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 10 (no. 114); ref. 12174] Algoa Bay, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 40 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (sciera) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: marine. (thetidis) [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 4557] Newcastle Bight and off Wattamolla, New South Wales, Australia, depth 16-40 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (ushiei) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Mikawa Bay, branch of Gulf of Ise, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific and Eastern Indonesia. Habitat: marine. Species Bathytoshia multispinosa (Tokarev, in Linbergh & Legheza, 1959) - Japanese bathytoshia ray (author) [=Urolophoides multispinosus Tokarev [A. K.], in Lindbergh & Legheza, 1959:142 [135], Figs. 89-90] Notes: [Opredeliteli Faune SSSR No. 68; ref. 12034] 140 miles south of Cape Gamov, Sea of Japan, depth over 3000 meters. Current status: Valid as Bathytoshia multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Distribution: Sea of Japan. Habitat: marine. GENUS Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 - stingrays [=Dasyatis Rafinesque [C. S.], 1810:16, Amphotistius (subgenus of Dasybatus) Garman [S.], 1913:375, 392, Brachioptera Gratzianov [V. J.], 1906:400, Dasybatus Klein [J. T.], 1775:991, Dasybatus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein), 1792:581, Dasybatus Garman [S.] (ex Klein), 1885:221, Pastinacae (subgenus of Raja) Nardo [G. D.], 1827:25, Trygon Cuvier [G.] (ex Adanson), 1816:136, Trygonobatis (subgenus of Raja) Blainville [H. de], 1825:35, Trygonobatus (subgenus of Raia) Blainville [H. de], 1816:112 [= 120], Uroxis Rafinesque [C. S.], 1810:48, 61] Notes: [ref. 3594]. Fem. Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810. Type by monotypy. Also in Rafinesque 1810:49 [ref. 3595], and if that technically was published before Rafinesque 1810:16 as above, then the type species of Dasyatis is here (W.N.E.) selected as Raja pastinaca Linnaeus (also includes Dasyatis attavilla Rafinesque); also this means Uroxis and Dasyatis both date to ref. 3595; I (W.N.E.) select Dasyatis over Uroxis. Dasibatis Agassiz, 1846:117 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. The family spelling is incorrect as Dasyatididae on Steyskal as used by Kottelat 2013. •Valid as Dasyatis