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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 ]
The second largest living fish after the whale shark. Batfish Platax orbicularis: Non-native, invasive species. Bay anchovy: Anchoa mitchilli: Bay whiff: Citharichthys spilopterus: Bearded brotula: Brotula barbata: Beaugregory: Stegastes leucostictus: Belted sandfish: Serranus subligarius: Beluga (sturgeon) Huso huso: Bentfin devil ray: Mobula ...
Stingray species are progressively becoming threatened or vulnerable to extinction, particularly as the consequence of unregulated fishing. [5] As of 2013, 45 species have been listed as vulnerable or endangered by the IUCN. The status of some other species is poorly known, leading to their being listed as data deficient. [citation needed]
Some ray species that can be found along the South Carolina coast include: southern stingray, bluntnose stingray, roughtail stingray, spotted eagle, smooth butterfly, cownose, bullnose and ...
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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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.
Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928) (Southern stingray) Hypanus berthalutzae Petean, Naylor & Lima, 2020 (Lutz's stingray) Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Diamond stingray) Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray) Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880) (Longtail stingray)