Pastinachus
Sign in to savePastinachus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. This genus was long held to be monotypic, containing only the cowtail stingray (P. sephen). Recent studies of Indo-Pacific stingrays have revealed that there are in fact a number of different species of Pastinachus, and that some former junior synonyms may need to be resurrected.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
- FamilyDasyatidae
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- Dasyatidae
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Pastinachus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. This genus was long held to be monotypic, containing only the cowtail stingray (P. sephen). Recent studies of Indo-Pacific stingrays have revealed that there are in fact a number of different species of Pastinachus, and that some former junior synonyms may need to be resurrected.
==Species== Pastinachus ater (W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Broad cowtail stingray) Pastinachus gracilicaudus Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2010 (Narrow cowtail stingray) Pastinachus sephen (Forsskål, 1775) (Cowtail stingray) Pastinachus solocirostris Last, Manjaji & Yearsley, 2005 (Roughnose cowtail stingray) Pastinachus stellurostris Last, Fahmi & Naylor, 2010 (Starrynose cowtail stingray)