margarita, Trygon Günther [A.] 1870:479 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] West Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1865.7.4.1. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1852.8.30.23 (1). Lectotype selected by Compagno & Roberts 1984:287 [ref. 8237]. •Valid as Dasyatis margarita (Günther 1870) -- (Compagno & Roberts 1984:4 [ref. 6167], Compagno & Roberts 1984:287 [ref. 8237], Capapé & Desoutter 1990:60 [ref. 19317], Séret in Lévêque et al. 1990:73 [ref. 21589], Compagno 1999:496 [ref. 25589], Santos & Carvalho 2004:16 [ref. 28040], Carvalho et al. 2007:162 [ref. 30012], Wirtz et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32972], Weigmann 2016:130 [ref. 34211], Séret 2016:1410 [ref. 34545]). •Valid as Fontitrygon margarita (Günther 1870) -- (Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:548 [ref. 35010], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:168 [ref. 37302], Reiner 2019:46 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:107 [ref. 39448], Oladipo et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41466], Petean et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40884]). Current status: Valid as Fontitrygon margarita (Günther 1870). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Gabon, including Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.