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Southern Stingray

Dasyatis americana

Seabook: Southern Stingray

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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

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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