Family Dasyatidae
This family regroups all the Stingrays.

Bathytoshia lata – Brown stingray
Brevitrygon walga – Scaly whipray
Hemitrygon akajei – Red stingray
Himantura australis – Australian whipray
Himantura leoparda – Leopard whipray
Himantura tutul – Fine-spotted leopard whipray
Himantura uarnak – Honeycomb stingray
Hypanus sabinus – Atlantic stingray
Pateobatis fai – Pink whipray
Pastinachus ater – Broad cowtail ray
Taeniura lymma – Bluespotted fantail ray
Taeniurops meyeni – Blotched stingray
Urogymnus granulatus – Mangrove whipray
Urogymnus polylepis – Giant freshwater whipray

Family Myliobatidae
This family regroups the Eagle-rays and their relatives.

Aetobatus flagellum – Longheaded eagle ray
Aetobatus narinari – Atlantic spotted eagle ray
Aetobatus ocellatus – Ocellated eagle ray
Aetomylaeus vespertilio – Ornate eagle ray
Myliobatis californica – Bat eagle ray
Myliobatis tobijei – Japanese eagle ray
Rhinoptera bonasus – Cownose ray
Rhinoptera javanica – Flapnose ray

Family Gymnuridae
This family regroups the Butterfly rays and their relatives.

Gymnura marmorata – California butterfly ray

Family Mobulidae
This family regroups the Manta and Devil rays.

Mobula alfredi – Reef manta ray

Family Rajidae
This family regroups the true Marine rays.

Family Urotrygonidae
This family regroups the Yellow stingray and its relatives.

Family Urolophidae
This family regroups some of the Round rays and their relatives.

Urolophus halleri – Haller’s round ray

 

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