🐟Common stingray
The common stingray is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It typically inhabits sandy or muddy habitats in coastal waters shallower than 60 m (200 ft), often burying itself in sediment. Usually measuring 45 cm (18 in) across, the common stingray has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc slightly wider than long, and a whip-like tail with upper and lower fin folds. It can be identified by its plain coloration and mostly smooth skin, except for a row of tubercles along the midline of the back in the largest individuals.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 15 kg
- Body length
- 0.69 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 21 years
Everything we know about the Common stingray
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass15 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.69 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan21 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 6AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level3.61FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.61 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansvenomousFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l15 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common stingray yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderMyliobatiformes
- ›familyDasyatidae
- ›genusDasyatis
- ›speciesDasyatis pastinaca
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- superorderBatoidea
- orderMyliobatiformes
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- superorderBatoidea
- orderMyliobatiformes
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