Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Dasyatidae > Bathytoshia > Bathytoshia brevicaudataBathytoshia brevicaudata (Stingray; Smooth stingray; Smooth short-tailed stingray; Short-tailed stingaree; Short-tail stingray; Shorttail stingray; Shorttail black stingray; Schreiners ray; New Zealand short-tail stingaree; Giant stingray; Giant black ray)Synonyms: Dasyatis brevicaudata; Dasyatis brevicaudatus; Dasyatis schreineri; Trygon brevicaudata; Trygon schreineri Language: Afrikaans; Chinese; Danish; Dutch; Finnish; German; Greek; Italian; Mandarin Chinese; Maori; Norwegian; Portuguese; Serbian; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish The short-tail stingray or smooth stingray (Dasyatis brevicaudata) is a common species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It occurs off southern Africa, typically offshore at a depth of 180–480 m (590–1,570 ft), and off southern Australia and New Zealand, from the intertidal zone to a depth of 156 m (512 ft). It is mostly bottom-dwelling in nature and can be found across a range of habitats from estuaries to reefs, but also frequently swims into open water. The largest stingray in the world, this heavy-bodied species grows upwards of 2.1 m (6.9 ft) across and 350 kg (770 lb) in weight. Its plain-colored, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc is characterized by a lack of dermal denticles even in adults, and white pores beside the head on either side. Its tail is usually shorter than the disc |
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Eastern Coastal Australia |
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Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 ♦ 3Pollerspöck, 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; Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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