Size: 3-5.5 ft.
ID: Pointed snout and wing tips, rhomboid disc
Class: Chondrichthyes / Cartilaginous
fishes
Order: Rajiformes / Rays
Family: Dasyatidae / Stingrays
Genus Species: Dasyatis americana / Southern
Stingray
Habitat: sandy bottoms
Typical food: clams, crabs, small fish, shrimps,
stomatopods, worms
Other information: excavate broad depressions in
sediment to expose invertebrates and also capture small fishes;
whipped tail with one or two venomous spines at base
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