Species FAO code: PLS

Pteroplatytrygon violacea

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Croatia	hr ljubičasta žutuga	–
Cyprus	el μαύρο βατί el μαύρο βατί [Dasyatis violacea synonym for Pteroplatytrygon violacea]	–
Italy	it Trigone viola	–
Spain	es Raya látigo es Violeta es Pastinaca violeta	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)

Scientific name

Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Author

(Bonaparte, 1832)

Rank

Species

FAO code

PLS

Morphological description

A thick, dark stingray with a broadly rounded snout and an angular pectoral disc; tail less than twice body length with a long lower caudal finfold ending far in front of tail tip, but with no upper finfold; disc without thorns; usually 1 extremely long sting on tail; eyes do not protrude (Ref. 5578). Uniformly violet, purple, or dark blue-green dorsally and ventrally (Ref. 3263). No prominent markings (Ref. 3263).

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
  - FamilyDasyatidae
    - GenusPteroplatytrygon
      - SpeciesPteroplatytrygon violacea

Synonyms

Trygon purpurea Müller & Henle, 1841
Dasyatis purpureus (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Trygon violacea Bonaparte, 1832
Dasyatis atratus Ishiyama & Okada, 1955
Dasyatis purpurea (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Dasyatis guileri Last, 1979

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)

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Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Seines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 67 - Pacific, Northeast

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast