Taeniurops

Taeniurops is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. Its two species were formerly contained within the genus Taeniura.[1]

Taeniurops
T. meyeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Myliobatiformes
Family:
Dasyatidae
Genus:
Taeniurops

Garman, 1913
Type species
Taeniura meyeni
Müller & Henle, 1841
Synonyms
  • Trygon Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817

Species
  • Taeniurops grabata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Round fantail stingray)
  • Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Round ribbontail ray)

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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