Taeniurops
| Taeniurops | |
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| T. meyeni | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Taeniurops is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. Its two species were formerly contained within the genus Taeniura.[1]
Species
[edit]| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Taeniurops grabata (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) | Round fantail stingray | eastern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Mediterranean Sea |
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Taeniurops meyeni (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) | Round ribbontail ray | tropical Indo-Pacific |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.