#2069 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Pearl Stingray

Fontitrygon margaritella

NTnear threatened 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The pearl stingray ( Dasyatis margaritella ) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola. Growing to 30 cm (12 in) across, this species has a rounded pectoral fin disc with a pointed snout, and a wide band of dermal denticles over the back in adults. It closely resembles and is often confused for the much larger daisy stingray ( D. margarita ); both species are characterized by the presence of...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 940iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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).