#2012 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Common Stingray

🇳🇱 Pijlstaartrog ·Dasyatis pastinaca

VUvulnerable 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Menut · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Israel:© shahar chaikin · CC BY 4.0
5. Ilha do Faial, Portugal:© Mieke Weyn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Epirus, Epirus and Western Macedonia, GR:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Epirus, Epirus and Western Macedonia, GR:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Thessaly, Thessaly and Central Greece, GR:© Chris Taklis · CC BY 4.0
9. Entre-Montes, Faial, Azores, Portugal:© jeyre · CC BY 4.0
10. Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The common stingray ( Dasyatis pastinaca ) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It typically inhabits sandy or muddy habitats in coastal waters shallower than 60 m (200 ft), often burying itself in sediment. Usually measuring 45 cm (18 in) across, the common stingray has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc slightly wider than long, and a whip-like tail with upper and lower fin folds. It can be...

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,123iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #7 most seen of the sharks & rays in NL.
1,123 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.