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Dasyatidae
Southern stingray
Hypanus americanus
Buried by day foraging seagrass by night
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Other
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Other
LargeSouthern stingray is a fish from Western Atlantic. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 200 cm. It is listed as Near Threatened.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Genus
- Hypanus
- Maximum length
- 200 cm
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil, including the Antilles (Ref. 3168 ).
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
