Bathytoshia Explained

Bathytoshia is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate oceans (except the East Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean). It was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.^[1]

Species

Molecular phylogenetic data indicate that several previously recognized Dasyatis species are in fact populations of wider-ranging Bathytoshia species.

• Bathytoshia brevicaudata (F. W. Hutton, 1875) (including Dasyatis matsubarai and D. multispinosa)
• Bathytoshia centroura (Mitchill, 1815)
• Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880) (including D. thetidis, D. ushiei, and eastern Atlantic B. centroura)

Notes and References

1. Last, P.R. . Naylor, G.J. . Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. . 2016 . A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights . Zootaxa . 4139 . 3 . 345–368 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2 . 27470808.