Whip Sting-Ray
Dasyatis hastata
- Group: Ray
- Max size: 1 m
- For divers: safe
A coastal stingray that drifts over shallow bottoms and sometimes slips into lagoons, bays and estuaries, reaching about a metre across. It carries its young inside until they are born live, in the way of other whip tailed rays.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Myliobatiformes › Dasyatidae › Dasyatis
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 271435.
FAQ
- Is the Whip Sting-Ray dangerous to divers?
- The Whip Sting-Ray is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Whip Sting-Ray get?
- The Whip Sting-Ray grows to about 1 m.