Fontitrygon
Genus of cartilaginous fishes
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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  | |
| 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 | |
Species
- 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)