#2037 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Atlantic Stingray

🇳🇱 Atlantische pijlstaartrog ·Hypanus sabinus

LCleast concern 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Ryan Rash · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Dylan Jacques-Fero · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sarah H · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Joey Shaw · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Ocala National Forest, Astor, FL, US:© hoop42 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Salt Springs Run, Fort Mc Coy, FL, US:© Dylan Jacques-Fero · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Galveston, TX, USA:© Mitchel Buckner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. North Atlantic Ocean, NC, US:© Eric Cormier · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Safety Harbor, FL, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Tybee Creek, Tybee Island, GA, US:© altela · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Atlantic stingray ( Dasyatis sabina ) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, common along the Atlantic coast of North America from Chesapeake Bay to Mexico, including brackish and freshwater habitats. It may be distinguished from other stingrays in the area by its relatively elongated snout. This species is of little commercial importance, other than for sale in the aquarium industry.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,743iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,743 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1824 (202 years ago).