blue stingray

Dasyatis chrysonota

Shallow summer bays give way to winter depths

Blue
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Large
Tropical fish

The blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota) is a species of whiptail stingray of the family Dasyatidae often found in the coastal waters of southern Africa.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Stingrays
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Maximum length: 75 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: central Angola to at least St. Lucia, Natal, South Africa, possibly extending to Mozambique. Reported from the Comoros, Reunion and Madagascar (Ref. 33390 ).
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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