 Dasyatis

Dasyatis (Greek δασύς "dasýs" meaning rough or dense and βατίς "batís" meaning skate) is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Atlantic, including the Mediterranean.In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to "Dasyatis" were reassigned to other genera ("Bathytoshia", "Fontitrygon", "Hemitrygon", "Hypanus", "Megatrygon" and "Telatrygon").