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Bathytoshia

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Bathytoshia is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate oceans (except the East Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean). It was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.

Species

ホシエイ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderMyliobatiformes
  5. FamilyDasyatidae
Habitatmarine, brackish

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Family
Dasyatidae
Collections
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Recorded in
United States

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dasyatidae
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taxon name
Bathytoshia
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genus
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Bathytoshia is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate oceans (except the East Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean). It was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.

==Species== Molecular phylogenetic data indicate that several previously recognized Dasyatis species are in fact populations of wider-ranging Bathytoshia species. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |180px||Bathytoshia brevicaudata (F. W. Hutton, 1875) (including Dasyatis matsubarai and D. multispinosa)|| from southern Africa to Hawaii |- |180px||Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815)||northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean |- |180px||Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880) (including D. thetidis, D. ushiei, and eastern Atlantic B. centroura)|| southern Africa, |-southern Australia and New Zealand |}

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