Southern Stingray Dasyatis americana

Photo: Marion Haarsma

Classification

Dasyatidae [family]

Dasyatis [genus] (2)

americana [species]

Classification

Dasyatidae [family]

Dasyatis [genus] (2)

americana [species]

Names

English name	Southern Stingray
Papiamento name	Chuchu
Alternative Papiamento name	Chuchu ròk
Valid name	Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Chordata [phylum] Chordates
  - Chondrichthyes [class] Sharks and Rays
    - Myliobatiformes [order] Stingrays
      - Dasyatidae [family] Stingrays
        
        Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 [genus]
        
        Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928 [species] Southern Stingray