WoRMS name details
Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815)
105850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105850)
unaccepted (Superseded new combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja centroura Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105850 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Raja centroura Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on Small fishes and bottom living invertebrates, including crustaceans, molluscs and annelid worms [details]Distribution Georges Bank to southern Brazil [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found on sandy and muddy bottoms . [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, Fishmeal, oil, human food [details]
Reproduction Internal fertilization; ovoviviparous; gestation period of 4 months [details]
Taxonomy Harmful to shellfish and fishers due to its poisonous spine [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | trigoni bishtgjatëneshtelije | [details] |
| English | roughtail stingray | [details] |
| Hebrew | טריגון מגובשש | [details] |
| Lithuanian | šiaurinis dygliauodegis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ακανθοτρυγόνα | [details] |
| Polish | ogończa zachodnia | [details] |
| Russian | северный колючий хвостокол | [details] |
| Turkish | rina balığırina baligidikenli vatoz | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To FishBase
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dasyatis centroura USNM 410808 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dasyatis centroura USNM 410808 photograph ventral view)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 182139)
To PESI
To ITIS
To FishBase
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dasyatis centroura USNM 410808 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dasyatis centroura USNM 410808 photograph ventral view)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 182139)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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