Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Fontitrygon
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| F. geijskesi
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Chondrichthyes
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| Order:
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Myliobatiformes
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| Family:
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Dasyatidae
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| Subfamily:
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Urogymninae
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| Genus:
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Fontitrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
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| Type species
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Trygon margarita
Günther, 1870
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Fontitrygon is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae found in coastal tropical Atlantic waters and rivers that drain into the Atlantic. Fontitrygon species were formerly contained within the genus Dasyatis.[1]
Species
- Fontitrygon colarensis (Santos, Gomes & Charvet-Almeida, 2004) (Colares stingray)
- Fontitrygon garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc, 1962) (Niger stingray)
- Fontitrygon geijskesi (Boeseman, 1948) (Sharpsnout stingray)
- Fontitrygon margarita (Günther, 1870) (Daisy stingray)
- Fontitrygon margaritella (Compagno & Roberts, 1984) (Pearl stingray)
- Fontitrygon ukpam (Smith, 1863) (Pincushion ray)
References
- ↑ 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.
See also Wikidata entry Q26903850.
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