WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824)

AphiaID

158527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158527)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824)

Rank

Species

Parent

Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Trygon sabina Lesueur, 1824

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Trygon sabina Lesueur, 1824) Lesueur, C. A. (1824). Description of several species of the Linnaean genus Raia, of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 4 (pt 1): 100-121, Pls. 4-6. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay to southern Florida in the USA and the Gulf of Mexico

Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay to southern Florida in the USA and the Gulf of Mexico [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158527 on 2026-02-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-10-31 07:34:30Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trygon sabina Lesueur, 1824) Lesueur, C. A. (1824). Description of several species of the Linnaean genus Raia, of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 4 (pt 1): 100-121, Pls. 4-6. [details]

basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354. [details]

Other

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]