Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Cowtail Stingray
Pastinachus sephen
Cowtail Stingray
Category: Whiptail Stingrays
Scientific Name: Pastinachus sephen
Size: 2 to 5 ft. (60 cm to 1.5 m)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Elasmobranchii (Class)
   └Batoidea (Infraclass)
    └Myliobatiformes (Order)
     └Dasyatidae (Family)
      └Pastinachus (Genus)
       └P. sephen (Species)

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