Animal Diversity Web

Dasyatis chrysonota

Blue stingray

(Also: Marbled stingray; South African blue stingray)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Rajiformes
        
        Family Dasyatidae (Stingrays)
        
        Genus Dasyatis
        
        Species Dasyatis chrysonota (Blue stingray)