Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
raya látigo violeta, raya negra, Pelagic stingray, blue Stingray
A thick, dark stingray with a broadly rounded snout and an angular pectoral disc; tail less than twice body length with a long lower caudal finfold ending far in front of tail tip,usually 1 extremely long sting on tail, disc without thorns;eyes do not protrude (Ref. 5578). Uniformly violet, purple, or dark blue-green dorsally and ventrally (Ref. 3263). No prominent markings (Ref. 3263).
Subtropical;marine; depth range 1 - 381 m (Ref. 58302), usually 1 - 100 m (Ref. 55209),Pelagic-oceanic
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Dasyatidae
Genus
Pteroplatytrygon
Species
violacea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dasyatis atratus Ishiyama & Okada, 1955, Dasyatis guileri Last, 1979, Dasyatis purpurea (Müller & Henle, 1841), Dasyatis purpureus (Müller & Henle, 1841) (misspelling), Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832), Trygon purpurea Müller & Henle, 1841, Trygon violacea Bonaparte, 1832, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Froese, R. Pauly, D. (eds.) (2010) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red list of threatened species. Version 2010.1. www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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