- Blue stingray
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Blue stingray Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Dasyatidae Genus: Dasyatis Species: D. chrysonota Binomial name Dasyatis chrysonota
(A. Smith, 1828)The blue stingray, Dasyatis chrysonota, is a stingray of the family Dasyatidae, found in the southeast Atlantic Ocean around South Africa to Mozambique, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.
The blue stingray is ovoviviparous, 1 to 5 young being born in summer after a 9 month gestation.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Dasyatis chrysonota" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- G M Branch, C L Griffiths, M L Branch, & L E Beckley, Two Oceans, A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa, (David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd, Claremont, South Africa 1994) ISBN 0-86486-250-4
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dasyatis
- Ovoviviparous fish
- Animals described in 1828
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