#common stingray

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Shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus), Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)

Fishes of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1964.

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Ukrainian native cartilage fish:

From top to bottom:

Dasyatis pastinaca/Common stingray

Raja clavata/Thornback ray

Squalus acanthias/Spiny dogfish

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A stingray among seagrasses in Kas district of Antalya, Turkey. The seagrass is known as the “lungs of the Mediterranean” because it is so efficient at soaking up carbon dioxide – much more so than rainforest. However, it is in decline, threatened by rising sea temperatures and anchor damage - Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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Common Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca

Countries: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corsica, Croatia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon, Libya, Madeira, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain,  Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine

Interesting facts: 🔔 It can inflict a painful, though rarely life-threatening, wound with its venomous tail spine.

🔔 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.

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Common Stingaree, Trygonoptera testacea

Once again taken on a night dive at Camp Cove, Sydney. What I love most about this shot is the detail of its eye, it feels like it was bought from an arts and crafts store and stuck on.

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Common Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca

Dasyatis apparently translates into rough skate, while pastinaca means dig (because of their camoflauge of burying themselves in the dirt).

Family: Dasyatidae (Whiptail Stringray)

Fun Fact: "Barbed poison spine is a modified denticle that can be 35cm long, shed occasionally and replaced." (Source)

Habitat: They are endemic to oceans of the Eastern Atlantic from Norway to South Africa (including the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Baltic Sea). They are the most prevalent in the Mediterranean. 

Ecosystem Role: They help keep crustacean and other marine invertebrate  populations in check.

Conservation Status: Data Deficient