Synonyms: Dasyatis atratus, Dasyatis guileri, Dasyatis purpurea, Dasyatis purpureus, Dasyatis violacea, Dasyatis violaceus, Dasyatis (Pteroplatytrygon) violacea, Dasybatis purpurea, Dasybatus violaceus, Trygon purpurea, Trygon violacea, Trygon violaceus, Trygon (Himantura) purpureus, Trygon (Trygon) violaceus
Original description species: (Bonaparte, 1832)
Genus: Pteroplatytrygon Fowler, 1910
Family: Dasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1879
Order: Myliobatiformes
Superorder: Batomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii