Hemitrygon

Hemitrygon
H. bennettii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Subfamily: Dasyatinae
Genus: Hemitrygon
Müller & Henle, 1838
Type species
Trygon bennettii
Müller & Henle, 1841
Synonyms
  • Toshia Whitley, 1933
  • Urolophoides Lindberg, 1930

Hemitrygon is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats in the central Indo-Pacific and northwest Pacific regions. The genus was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.

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