Rays
73 entries in the Rays compendium.
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Bennett's stingrayA little-known stingray with an extremely long tail and uncertain range.Black-spotted whiprayA spotted stingray long mistaken for the brown whipray.Blackedge whiprayA large, poorly known stingray with black marginal bands.Blackish stingrayA little-known stingray from the northwestern Pacific, vulnerable to fishing pressure.Blue stingrayA southern African whiptail stingray with blue markings.Bluespotted ribbontail rayA small, venomous reef ray with electric blue spots.Bluntnose stingrayA bottom-dwelling ray with a venomous spine, found from Massachusetts to Venezuela.Brevitrygon manjajiaeA tropical ray targeted by trawlers, valued as a delicacy in India.Brevitrygon walgaA small, heavily fished stingray of the west central Pacific.Broad stingrayA wide-ranging stingray common in Hawaiian inshore waters.Brown whiprayA plain brown stingray often misidentified as related species.
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Chinese stingrayA little-known stingray endangered by fishing pressure in Chinese waters.Colares stingrayA critically endangered stingray from the Amazon estuary.Common stingrayA venomous, bottom-dwelling ray of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Cowtail stingrayA widespread Indo-Pacific stingray valued for its shagreen leather.
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Daisy stingrayA West African stingray with a distinctive pearl spine on its back.Dasyatis marmorataA small stingray with blue blotches warning of toxicity.Dwarf black stingrayA small, little-known stingray of the Indo-Pacific continental shelves.
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Giant freshwater stingrayThe widest freshwater fish, found in Southeast Asian rivers.Giant stumptail stingrayA large, poorly known stingray from only two specimens.Groovebelly stingrayA stingray with a W-shaped belly furrow and smooth skin.
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HeliobatisExtinct stingray from the Early Eocene Green River Formation.HemitrygonA genus of stingrays from Indo-Pacific waters, formerly synonymized with Dasyatis.HimanturaA genus of Indo-Pacific stingrays with disputed species boundaries.Himantura favaA stingray with honeycomb-like reticulations, likely a species complex.Himantura fluviatilisAn obscure, Endangered stingray of the Ganges River system.Honeycomb whiprayA large, endangered stingray with a honeycomb-like dorsal pattern.Hortle's whiprayA little-known stingray with a bright yellow underside from southern New Guinea.Hypanus rubioiA large-bodied benthic predator with a distinct elongated snout.
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Mangrove whiprayA solitary stingray with a white tail, found in Indo-Pacific waters.Marbled whiprayA freshwater stingray with a reticulated pattern and long whip-like tail.MaskrayMaskrays are stingrays with a distinctive mask-like eye pattern.Mekong freshwater stingrayA freshwater stingray with a bright orange underside, endemic to Southeast Asian rivers.Mumburarr whiprayA large whipray discovered via tapeworm research in northern Australia.
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Neotrygon australiaeA whiptail stingray caught for local delicacy in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.Neotrygon orientalisA bluespotted maskray often confused with its close relatives.Niger stingrayOne of two freshwater stingrays in Africa, critically endangered.Ningaloo maskrayA small, colorful stingray endemic to northwestern Australia.
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Pearl stingraySmallest West African stingray, often confused with the daisy stingray.Peppered maskrayA small, speckled stingray of northeastern Australian coastal waters.Pincushion rayA heavily armored freshwater stingray with thorny defenses.Pink whiprayA large, gregarious stingray of Indo-Pacific coral reefs.Pitted stingrayA Japanese stingray with a W-shaped groove and uncertain conservation status.Plain maskrayA small, plain-patterned stingray endemic to northern Australia.Porcupine rayA rare, thorn-covered stingray lacking a venomous spine.PteroplatytrygonThe only stingray that lives in the open ocean.
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Red stingrayA Near Threatened stingray with a bright orange-red underside.Reticulate whiprayA large, spotted stingray with a complex taxonomic history.Roughback whiprayA rare freshwater stingray with a pearl organ on its back.Roughnose stingrayA mangrove-associated stingray with a distinctive denticle-covered snout.Roughtail stingrayThe largest whip-tail stingray in the Atlantic, with venomous spine.Round fantail stingrayA poorly known stingray of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Round ribbontail rayA large, venomous stingray of tropical Indo-Pacific reefs.Round whiprayA stingray species now endangered, found in the Malay Archipelago.
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Sharpsnout stingrayA critically endangered stingray with a long snout and pointed pelvic fins.Short-tail stingrayOne of the world's largest stingrays, found in Southern Hemisphere temperate waters.Southern stingrayA venomous but docile ray of the Western Atlantic.
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Taeniura lessoniA shallow-water ray of Melanesia, distinguished by its uniform pale ventral fold.Telatrygon acutirostraA vulnerable stingray with a sharp snout, known only from Japan and the East China Sea.Telatrygon biasaA common whiptail stingray of the Indo-Malay Archipelago.Thorntail stingrayOne of the largest stingrays, with a venomous tail spine.Tubemouth whiprayA stingray with uniquely protrusible jaws, found in Borneo and Sumatra.
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Whiptail stingrayA family of rays with whip-like tails and venomous stings.White-edge freshwater whiprayA rare freshwater stingray with a white-edged disc and venomous tail spines.Whitenose whiprayA demersal stingray threatened by overfishing across its range.