Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Southern Stingray
Hypanus americanus
Southern Stingray
Category: Whiptail Stingrays
Scientific Name: Hypanus americanus
Synonyms: Dasyatis americana
Size: 3 to 5 ft. (90 cm to 1.5 m)  
Depth: 1-80 ft. (0-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Batoidea (Infraclass) Rays
    └Myliobatiformes (Order) Stingrays
     └Dasyatidae (Family) Whiptail Stingrays
      └Hypanus (Genus)
       └H. americanus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1042856🔗
iNaturalist ID: 623850🔗

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