Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Dasyatidae > Genus Pteroplatytrygon

Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pteroplatytrygon*	Fowler, 1910	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dasyatis violacea*	(Bonaparte, 1832)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English-United States: Pelagic Stingray sources: english PESI focal point

Polish: ogończa fioletowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: хвостокол пелагический sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: raya látigo obispo; raya látigo violeta; raya violácea sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: iğneli vatoz; İğneli vatoz; mavi rina balığı; rina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Морський-кіт пелагічний

Literature

basis of record	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158540