WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Dasyatis margarita (Günther, 1870)

AphiaID

271442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271442)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Fontitrygon margarita (Günther, 1870)

Rank

Species

Parent

Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Trygon margarita Günther, 1870

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Trygon margarita Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dasyatis margarita (Günther, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271442 on 2026-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-10-31 07:34:30Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trygon margarita Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]

Other

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]