Where Pelagic stingray has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 2,588 records; Italy — 2,256 records; Chile — 667 records; France — 212 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 162 records; Croatia — 142 records; Greenland — 119 records; Spain — 77 records; Norway — 61 records; Brazil — 39 records; Faroe Islands — 32 records; Mexico — 23 records; Portugal — 23 records; Australia — 13 records; Colombia — 13 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2419426) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2419426&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

North West Atlantic; South Africa (country); Chagos; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Maine; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Mexico; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Western Indian Ocean.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158540 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 6,728 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 31 of the 50 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 295 records in total (Greenland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Ireland).

69 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.

Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2419426) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2419426&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158540 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.