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.[1]
| Fontitrygon | |
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| F. geijskesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Subfamily: | Urogymninae |
| Genus: | Fontitrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Trygon margarita Günther, 1870
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Species
edit- 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)
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.