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The southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) is a whiptail stingray found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to southern Brazil. [2] It has a flat, diamond-shaped disc, with a mud brown, olive, and grey dorsal surface and white underbelly (ventral surface). [ 3 ]
Dasyatis americana, the southern stingray, a stingray species found in tropical and subtropical waters of the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Diarrhena americana , the American beak grass or American beakgrain, a native, perennial grass species of North America
Dried strips of stingray meat served as food in Japan. Rays are edible, and may be caught as food using fishing lines or spears. Stingray recipes can be found in many coastal areas worldwide. [43] For example, in Malaysia and Singapore, stingray is commonly grilled over charcoal, then served with spicy sambal sauce.
In order to sting their victims, they jerk their tails as the stinger falls off and stays in the wound that they have created. The stinger of a whiptail stingray is pointy, sharp with jagged edges. They range in size from 0.18 to 2.0 m (0.59 to 6.56 ft) or more across in the case of the smalleye stingray and giant freshwater stingray.
Dasyatis americana (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928) - southern stingray next to a patch reef. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
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The common stingray has a plain coloration and mostly smooth skin. The common stingray has been reported to reach a width of 1.4 m (4.6 ft) and a length of 2.5 m (8.2 ft), though a width of 45 cm (18 in) is more typical. [8] The flattened pectoral fin disc is diamond-shaped and slightly wider than it is long, with narrowly rounded outer corners ...
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