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