Scientific name of stingray

Superregnum: Eukaryota

Regnum: Animalia

Subregnum: Eumetazoa

Superphylum: Deuterostomia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Infraphylum: Gnathostomata

Classis: Chondrichthyes

Subclassis: Elasmobranchii

Superordo: Rajomorphii

Ordo: Rajiformes

Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Dasyatidae

Genera: Dasyatis - Himantura - Makararaja - Pastinachus - Pteroplatytrygon - Taeniura - Urogymnus And what does all of this mean? Every living thing is classified by a binomial naming system that has seven level: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (and certain sub and supra levels as needed) . What we have up here is the binomial path that leads down to the Stingrays. To name a particular stingray you now have to decide which Genus it is that you want and then get yourself a list of species that belong to the Genus. To get the name of a particular species you have to have a Genus and species.