SOUTHERN STINGRAY – Dasyatis americana
March 9th, 2006 by Gillwetter PressFamily Dasyatidae, STINGRAYS
Identification: disk almost a perfect rhombus, with pointed corners; ventral finfold on tail long and relatively high, dorsal finfold rows near shoulder; disk usually uniform dark brown above, grayer in young.
Size: to 1.8 m (6 ft.) across disk.
Where found: common in bays and estuaries.
Remarks: the largest stingray along our southeastern and Gulf shores.
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