Dasyatidae
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775)
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775)
The bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) is a small reef-dwelling stingray native to tropical Indo-Pacific nearshore waters.
Taeniura lessoni Last, White & Naylor, 2016
Taeniura lessoni Last, White & Naylor, 2016
Taeniura lessoni, the Oceania fantail ray, is a small inshore reef ray found across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia.
Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Neotrygon kuhlii, the Kuhl's maskray, is a venomous tropical benthic stingray with blue spotted coloration and ovoviviparous reproduction.
Neotrygon orientale Last, White & Serét, 2016
Neotrygon orientale Last, White & Serét, 2016
Neotrygon orientale is a bluespotted maskray found in the Western Pacific that is often confused with close relatives in the N. kuhlii complex.
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dasyatis pastinaca, the common stingray, is a venomous cartilaginous fish found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean/Black Seas.
Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975
Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975
Tortonese's stingray (Dasyatis tortonesei) is a Dasyatidae family stingray found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Pteroplatytrygon violacea, the pelagic stingray, is a uniquely open-ocean stingray found almost worldwide in warm pelagic waters.
Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841)
This is a detailed morphological, distributional, and biological description of the large stingray Taeniurops meyeni, the round ribbontail ray.
Taeniura grabata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Taeniura grabata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Taeniura grabata, the round fantail stingray, is a stingray species found in the eastern Atlantic and occasionally the Mediterranean.
Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880)
Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880)
Bathytoshia lata, the broad stingray, is a large marine stingray found across the eastern Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, and Mediterranean.
Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
Bathytoshia brevicaudata, the short-tail stingray, is the world’s largest stingray species native to Southern Hemisphere temperate waters.
Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Hypanus dipterurus, the diamond stingray, is a warm-temperate and tropical Pacific stingray with a rhomboid disc and slow growth.
Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928)
Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928)
Hypanus americanus, the southern stingray, is an ovoviviparous ray adapted to life on the seabed, with a venomous defensive tail spine.
Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Hypanus guttatus (longnose stingray) is a western Atlantic marine and brackish stingray described with key biological and habitat traits.
Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880)
Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880)
Hypanus longus, the longtail stingray, is a large Pacific American stingray with a long whip-like tail that preys on bottom-dwelling fish and invertebrates.
Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824)
Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824)
Hypanus sabinus, the Atlantic stingray, is a small euryhaline stingray native to the western North Atlantic.
Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908)
Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908)
Hemitrygon fluviorum, the estuary stingray, is a stingray species found along Australia's eastern coast.
Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789)
Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789)
Himantura uarnak, the reticulate whipray, is a large stingray with a distinct spotted pattern found across the Indo-Pacific.
Himantura australis Last, White & Naylor, 2016
Himantura australis Last, White & Naylor, 2016
Himantura australis is a whiptail stingray found in Australian and Papuan shallow waters up to 45 m deep.
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus asperrimus, the porcupine ray, is a large, stingless stingray found in shallow Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic coastal waters.
Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883)
Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883)
Urogymnus granulatus, the mangrove whipray, is a solitary Indo-Pacific stingray that hunts at night on the seabed.
Fontitrygon margarita (Günther, 1870)
Fontitrygon margarita (Günther, 1870)
Fontitrygon margarita, the daisy stingray, is a West African stingray with a distinctive central pearl spine on its disc.
Fontitrygon margaritella (Compagno & Roberts, 1984)
Fontitrygon margaritella (Compagno & Roberts, 1984)
Fontitrygon margaritella, the pearl stingray, is a small West African coastal stingray with little known of its natural history.
Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
Maculabatis gerrardi is an Indo-Pacific coastal stingray that may actually be a species complex, growing up to 2 m in disc width.
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