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The pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, and the sole member of its genus.It is characterized by the wedge-like shape of its pectoral fin disc, which is much wider than long, as well as by the pointed teeth in both sexes, whip-like tail with extremely long tail spine, and uniform violet to blue-green coloration.
English: Pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea), Cape Palos, region of Murcia, Spain. This species of stingray has a worldwide distribution in waters warmer than 19 °C (66 °F), and migrates seasonally to spend the summer closer to the continental shelf and at higher latitudes. The only stingray that almost exclusively inhabits the open ...
Most myliobatoids are demersal (inhabiting the next-to-lowest zone in the water column), but some, such as the pelagic stingray and the eagle rays, are pelagic. [4] Stingray species are progressively becoming threatened or vulnerable to extinction, particularly as the consequence of unregulated fishing. [5]
Early Eocene fossil stingray Heliobatis radians Giant devil ray, Mobula mobular. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classigies the rays as follows: [16] Order Torpediniformes. Family Platyrhinidae D. S. Jordan, 1923 (thornbacks or fanrays) Family Narkidae Fowler, 1934 (sleeper rays) Family Narcinidae, Gill, 1862 (electric rays) Family Hypnidae Gill ...
Pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea NE; Family Myliobatidae (eagle rays) Common eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila NE; Family Mobulidae (devil rays)
Condrik Tenerife, a shark and stingray research and conversation organization, spotted a humpback anglerfish off the coast of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands last week. Commonly known as the ...
Charlotte the stingray, who garnered attention earlier this year for her unaccountable pregnancy, has died, a North Carolina aquarium shared. Aquarium & Shark Lab by Team ECCO posted on Facebook ...
Genus Pteroplatytrygon: Pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Pelagic stingray) Genus Taeniura: Ribbontail stingrays Taeniura grabata (Round fantail stingray) Taeniura lymma (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Taeniura meyeni (Round ribbontail ray) Genus Telatrygon: Sharpnose rays Telatrygon acutirostra (Sharpnose stingray)