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Created 4/5/2020

Family Dasyatidae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Hypanus americanus



Jardines de la Reina, Cuba, 10 feet

SOUTHERN STINGRAY

Common on sand and seagrass beds.  Disc with pointed corners, rows of dorsal spines, tail with ventral flap.  Attains width of 78 inches.  New Jersey to Brazil.  Formerly known as Dasyatis americana.