Other Stingrays and Skates
Orders: Rajiformes, Myliobatiformes and Torpidineformes
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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
wrote:
16 Apr 2025
Suggested identification added (as i am a moderator in this region) as per AndrewG's comment identification above.
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
24 Sep 2020
This sighting has been featured but it hasn't been identified.
Hemitrygon fluviorum
AndrewG
wrote:
23 Apr 2019
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus (100%)
M australis is now obsolete.
M australis is now obsolete.
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
AndrewG
wrote:
8 Apr 2019
The species is Bathytoshia brevicaudata, formerly known as Dasyatis brevicaudata.
These rays, also called smooth or shorttail stingrays, are often attracted to places where fishos clean their fish. Sometimes you will see one without a tail, where some cruel person has caught the ray and chopped off the tail, in a misguided attempt to 'save the world' from the poor ray. These rays are not aggressive, but are very inquisitive. Treat with caution and don't threaten or frighten the ray and you can have a close encounter with a large marine creature.
These rays, also called smooth or shorttail stingrays, are often attracted to places where fishos clean their fish. Sometimes you will see one without a tail, where some cruel person has caught the ray and chopped off the tail, in a misguided attempt to 'save the world' from the poor ray. These rays are not aggressive, but are very inquisitive. Treat with caution and don't threaten or frighten the ray and you can have a close encounter with a large marine creature.
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
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