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Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Tortonese's stingray (Dasyatis tortonesei) is a species of stingray of the family Dasyatidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Mauritania, and is also found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Wikipedia contributors, Tortonese's stingray; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:29:39.598518+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975
Name authority
Capapé, 1975
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Dasyatidae
Genus
Dasyatis
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumChondrichthyes
  7. classElasmobranchii
  8. subclassNeoselachii
  9. infraclassBatoidea
  10. orderMyliobatiformes
  11. familyDasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879
  12. genusDasyatis Rafinesque, 1810
  13. speciesDasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dasyatis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842)DasyatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
common stingrayDasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)DasyatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828)DasyatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasyatis gigantea (Lindberg, 1930)DasyatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasyatis hypostigma Santos & Carvalho, 2004DasyatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892)DasyatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 85 records assigned to Dasyatidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Capapé, C. (1975). Sélaciens nouveaux et rares le long des côtes tunisiennes. Premières observations biologiques. Archives de l’Institut Pasteur de Tunis, v. 52 (nos 1–2) (for Mar.–June 1975): 107–128. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:347DJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.