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Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Taeniurops
T. meyeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Subfamily: Dasyatinae
Genus: Taeniurops
Garman, 1913
Type species
Taeniura meyeni
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
Synonyms

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

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Taeniurops grabata (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) Round fantail stingray eastern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Mediterranean Sea
Taeniurops meyeni (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) Round ribbontail ray tropical 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.
Taxon identifiers
Taeniurops
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