family Dasyatidae

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Noun1.family Dasyatidae - sting raysfamily Dasyatidae - sting rays        
Dasyatidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
Batoidei, order Batoidei, order Rajiformes, Rajiformes - fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
stingray - large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
Dasyatis, genus Dasyatis - type genus of the Dasyatidae
genus Gymnura, Gymnura - butterfly rays
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A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights.
Captura incidental de la raya Hypanus americanus (Elasmobranchii) en la pesca de arrastre de camaron en la region suroriental de Cuba
Taxonomy and phylogenetic systematic of the stingray genus Himantura (Family Dasyatidae).
Neotrygon ningalooensis n. sp. (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae), a new maskray from Australia
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