Fontitrygon
Sign in to saveFontitrygon 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
- FamilyDasyatidae
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- Parent taxon
- Dasyatidae
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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.
==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 (J. A. Smith, 1863) (Pincushion ray)
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