Stingray

Stingrays; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Suborder:	Myliobatoidei
Faimilies
	Hexatrygonidae; Plesiobatidae; Urolophidae; Urotrygonidae; Dasyatidae; Potamotrygonidae; Gymnuridae; Myliobatidae;

Stingrays are a group o rays, which are cartilaginous fish relatit tae shairks. They are classifee'd in the suborder Myliobatoidei o the order Myliobatiformes an consist o aicht faimilies: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae (deepwater stingray), Urolophidae (stingarees), Urotrygonidae (roond rays), Dasyatidae (whiptail stingrays), Potamotrygonidae (river stingrays), Gymnuridae (butterflee rays), an Myliobatidae (eagle rays).^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Nelson, J.S. (2006). Fishes of the World (fourth ed.). John Wiley. pp. 76–82. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
↑ Helfman, G.S.; B.B. Collette; D.E. Facey (1997). The Diversity of Fishes. Blackwell Science. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-86542-256-8.