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blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota)
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Ecological Illustration of blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota)
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Dasyatidae

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
Water type
Marine
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