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Dasyatidae  Jordan, 1888
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160946

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Dasyatinae
 
  Common Name(s): pastenagues [French]
  
    rayas látigo [Spanish]
  
    stingrays [English]
  
    whip-tail stingrays [English]
  
    whiprays [English]
  
    whiptail stingrays [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2003    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarăo  
             SubclassElasmobranchii  -- cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                SuperorderEuselachii   
                   OrderMyliobatiformes  -- stingrays  
                      FamilyDasyatidae Jordan, 1888 -- pastenagues, rayas látigo, stingrays, whip-tail stingrays, whiprays, whiptail stingrays  
    Direct Children:  
                         Genus Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 -- fintail stingrays, stingrays 
                         Genus Himantura Müller and Henle, 1837 -- whip rays 
                         Genus Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829  
                         Genus Pteroplatytrygon Fowler, 1910  
                         Genus Taeniura Müller and Henle, 1837 -- ribbontail stingrays 
                         Genus Urogymnus Müller and Henle, 1837 -- porcupine rays 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dasyatidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dasyatidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McEachran, John D. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Whip-tail Stingrays: Family Dasyatidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 75-78   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-951-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dasyatidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dasyatidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: pastenagues, rayas látigo, whiptail stingrays   
       

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