Multispine giant stingray

The multispine giant stingray, Dasyatis multispinosa is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Some authors regard this species as the same as the pitted stingray (D. matsubarai).^[2] This species is now regarded as a population of the Short-tail stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata).

Multispine giant stingray
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Dasyatidae
Genus:	Dasyatis
Species:	D. multispinosa
Binomial name
Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959)
Synonyms
Urolophoides multispinosus Tokarev, 1959