Brevitrygon

Brevitrygon is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from the Indo-Pacific. Its species were formerly contained within the genus Himantura.[1]

Brevitrygon
B. walga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Brevitrygon
Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016
Type species
Dasyatis javaensis
Last & White, 2013

Species

  • Brevitrygon heterura (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Brevitrygon imbricata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Scaly whipray)
  • Brevitrygon javaensis (Last & White, 2013)
  • Brevitrygon walga (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Dwarf whipray)

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.
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