Hemitrygon
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| Hemitrygon | |
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| H. bennettii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasyatinae |
| Genus: | Hemitrygon Müller & Henle, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Trygon bennettii Müller & Henle, 1841 | |
| Synonyms | |
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.[1]