Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Dasyatidae > Bathytoshia > Bathytoshia centroura

Bathytoshia centroura (clam cracker; stingaree; Rough-tailed stingray; Rough-tailed northern stingray; Rough-tailed; Roughtail stingray)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The roughtail stingray (Dasyatis centroura) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with separate populations in coastal waters of the northwestern, eastern, and southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This bottom-dwelling species typically inhabits sandy or muddy areas with patches of invertebrate cover, at a depth of 15–50 m (49–164 ft). It is seasonally migratory, overwintering in offshore waters and moving into coastal habitats for summer. The largest whip-tail stingray in the Atlantic, the roughtail stingray grows up to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) across and 360 kg (800 lb) in weight. It is plain in color, with an angular, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc and a long, whip-tail tail bearing a subtle fin fold underneath. The many thorns on its back and tail serve to distinguish it from other stingra
View Wikipedia Record: Bathytoshia centroura

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Bathytoshia centroura

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arxipèlag de Cabrera 50735 Spain  

Prey / Diet

Ammodytes dubius (offshore sand lance)[1]
Stenotomus chrysops (Scup)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
2Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0