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Dasyatidae
pelagic stingray
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Wedge fins spread violet hue
- Purple
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Other
- Large
- Tropical fish
Purple
Cross-climate
Africa
Other
Largepelagic stingray is known from Probably cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical seas as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Genus
- Pteroplatytrygon
- Maximum length
- 96 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Probably cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical seas. Eastern Pacific: Reported from Vancouver (Ref. 11980 ), from California (USA), Baja California (Mexico) to Chile, and the Galapagos Is. (Ref. 9068 ). Western Atlantic (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Atlantic: Southeastern coasts of the Mediterranean and off Sicily; Reported from Cape Verde (Ref. 34514 ). Indian Ocean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
