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#2038 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Common Stingaree

🇳🇱 Gewone doornrog ·Trygonoptera testacea

NTnear threatened 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © John Turnbull · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  2. 2. © Erik Schlögl · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Richard Ling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  4. 4. © Gina · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. "Ben Buckler, North Bondi, Sydney, Australia":© Erik Schlögl · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Tasman Sea, , NSW, AU:© Lisa Cooper · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Tasman Sea, , NSW, AU:© pincetczy · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. New South Wales, Australia:© Harry Rosenthal · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Ulladulla Harbour, Ulladulla, NSW, AU:© Jason van Weenen · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Gordon NSW 2072, Australia:© Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
Common Stingaree, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © John Turnbull · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The common stingaree ( Trygonoptera testacea ) is a species of stingray in the family Urolophidae. The most abundant ray in inshore waters off eastern Australia, it generally inhabits estuaries, sandy flats, and rocky reefs from the shore to a depth of 60 m (200 ft). This plain brownish to grayish species has a rounded pectoral fin disc with a broadly triangular snout. Its nostrils have enlarged lobes on their outer margins and a skirt-shaped curtain of skin with a...

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,728iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 2,728 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johannes Peter Müller in 1841 (185 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Stingaree
Nederlands
Gewone doornrog
scientific name
Trygonoptera testacea
class
Chondrichthyes
order
Myliobatiformes
family
Urolophidae
IUCN Red List
NT · near threatened
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
2,728
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1841 by Johannes Peter Müller

IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Urolophidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 114626, Wikidata Q3280211, GBIF 2419415, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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