Southern Stingray

Dasyatis americana

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Max Depth

53 m

Description

Dasyatis americana is a stingray of the family Dasyatidae (the Whiptail Stingrays) found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to southern Brazil. It has a flat, diamond-shaped disc, with a mud brown, olive, and grey dorsal surface and white underbelly (ventral surface). The barb... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Bermuda Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Costa Rica Pacific West +35 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

brown

grey

green

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Mud and Sand

Conservation status

(NT) Near threatened

Venomous

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Danger to human

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