brevis, Trygon Garman [S.] 1880:171 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 6 (no. 11); ref. 17881] Payta, Peru and other localities. Syntypes (?): MCZ 371-S, 422-S (1). Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xlv [ref. 23119]. The species dipterura has priority over brevis if considered synonyms. •Valid as Dasyatis brevis (Garman 1880) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:54 [ref. 9277], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Nishida & Nakaya 1990:336 [ref. 20166] [but see Dasybatis dipterurus], Allen & Robertson 1994:33 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:26 [ref. 23101], Chave & Mundy 1994:380 [ref. 22375], McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:754 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:45 [ref. 22793], Pequeño 1997:79 [ref. 23536], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:35 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:116 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:65 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:75 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Gomes et al. 2000:514 [ref. 24451], Thomson et al. 2000:282 [ref. 25640], Rosenberger 2001:615 [ref. 25447]). •Synonym of Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan & Gilbert 1880) -- (Mundy 2005:105 [ref. 28379], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:127 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:129 [ref. 34211] with author as Garman 1880). •Synonym of Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1880). Current status: Synonym of Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1880). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Habitat: marine.