Dasyatidae, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879

Haque, Alifa Bintha, White, William T., Cavanagh, Rachel D., Biswas, Aparna Riti & Hossain, Nazia, 2021, New records of elasmobranchs in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: further taxonomic research is essential, Zootaxa 5027 (2), pp. 211-230 : 213

Family Dasyatidae

Dasyatidae (stingrays) are the dominant group of rays in the coastal tropical Indo-West Pacific. While stingray taxonomy is problematic, recent revisions have vastly improved knowledge of this family ( Last et al. 2016a). Dasyatidae are amongst the most commonly landed ray groups in Bangladesh, with high demand for consumption and accessories ( Last et al. 2016a; Haque et al. 2018). This report identified seven species of Dasyatidae rays in addition to the 24 species previously reported in Bangladesh ( Roy et al. 2015).