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Taxon: Family Dasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879 - whiptail stingrays (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, orth. corr.
Original name & rank Jordan & Gilbert, 1879: 386. ["Dasybatidae"].
Subsequent spelling Jordan, 1888: 22.

Attributes

Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 171. [false].
Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 25 ("corrected").
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 6 May 2024.

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Dasyatinae (Subfamily) Jordan & Gilbert, 1879 Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]
TypeDasyatis (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<12 May 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Former rankDasyatoidea (Superfamily) Jordan & Gilbert, 1879 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 90; 88. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameTrygonidae (Family) Müller & Henle, 1837 Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 104.
Synonymous nameTrygonidae (Family) Müller & Henle, 1837 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 90.
IncludingDasybatidae (Family) Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 104.
IncludingHeliobatidae (Family) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 91. [inferred]
IncludingPastinachinae (Subfamily) Roberts, 2007

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namepijlstaartroggen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namewhiptail stingrays Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 90; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
stingrays Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2451.
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