Taeniurops

Taeniurops
T. meyeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Subfamily: Dasyatinae
Genus: Taeniurops
Garman, 1913
Type species
Taeniura meyeni
Synonyms

Taeniurops is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. Its two species were formerly contained within the genus Taeniura.

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Taeniurops grabata (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817)Round fantail stingrayeastern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Mediterranean Sea
Taeniurops meyeni (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)Round ribbontail raytropical Indo-Pacific

References

  1. ↑ Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2. PMID 27470808.