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The Atlantic stingray (Hypanus sabinus) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, common along the Atlantic coast of North America from Chesapeake Bay to Mexico, including brackish and freshwater habitats. It may be distinguished from other stingrays in the area by its relatively elongated snout. [3]
Potamotrygon leopoldi is part of a species complex of blackish river rays with contrasting pale spots found in the Tapajós, Xingu and Tocantins basins [3]. River stingrays are almost circular in shape, and range in size from Potamotrygon wallacei, which reaches 31 cm (1.0 ft) in disc width, [9] to the chupare stingray (S. schmardae), which grows up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in disc width. [10]
Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Short-tail stingray) Bathytoshia centroura (Roughtail stingray) Bathytoshia lata (Broad stingray) Genus Brevitrygon. Brevitrygon heterura (Dwarf whipray) Brevitrygon imbricata (Bengal whipray) Brevitrygon javaensis (Javan whipray) Brevitrygon walga (Scaly whipray) Genus Dasyatis: Rough stingrays Dasyatis chrysonota ...
The roughtail stingray (Bathytoshia centroura) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with separate populations in coastal waters of the northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This bottom-dwelling species typically inhabits sandy or muddy areas with patches of invertebrate cover, at a depth of 15–50 m (49–164 ft).
Dasyatis chrysonota A. Smith, 1828 (blue stingray) Dasyatis gigantea (Lindberg, 1930) (giant stumptail stingray) Dasyatis hypostigma H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (groovebelly stingray) Dasyatis marmorata Steindachner, 1892 (marbled stingray) Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus, 1758 (common stingray) Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975 ...
The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) is a species of stingray in the family Urotrygonidae, found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Trinidad. This bottom-dwelling species inhabits sandy, muddy, or seagrass bottoms in shallow inshore waters, commonly near coral reefs. Female yellow stingrays are larger than males.
Batomorphi is a clade of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays, this taxon is also known as the superorder Batoidea, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies it as the division Batomorphi. [2]
Actinopterygii (/ ˌ æ k t ɪ n ɒ p t ə ˈ r ɪ dʒ i aɪ /; from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktis) 'having rays' and πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fins'), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish [2] that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. [3]