Where Roughtail stingray has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 808 records; Nigeria — 118 records; Gabon — 78 records; Ghana — 76 records; Côte d’Ivoire — 71 records; Liberia — 63 records; Spain — 48 records; Cameroon — 44 records; Sierra Leone — 41 records; Guinea — 34 records; Guinea-Bissau — 22 records; Equatorial Guinea — 19 records; Brazil — 12 records; Togo — 12 records; Congo, Democratic Republic of the — 11 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 9363791) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=9363791&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 1,537 of the 1,537 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 43 of the 43 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

53 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 9363791) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=9363791&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1017389 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.