Unlike the spotted eagle rays, the southern stingray spends much of its time in contact with the seafloor, often buried in soft sediment with only its large eyes uncovered.

The largest whip-tail stingray … The southern stingray’s mouth is on the ventral (bottom) side of its head, and it uses an electric sense to locate a variety of invertebrate and … MCZbase Links: Specimens currently identified as Dasyatis americana [ include unaccepted IDs ] [ exact matches only ] [ with Media ] Google Map of MCZbase specimens BerkeleyMapper + RangeMaps Specimens … study of passerine spring migration in southern Louisiana. This bottom-dwelling species typically inhabits sandy or muddy areas with patches of invertebrate cover, at a depth of 15–50 m. It is seasonally migratory, overwintering in offshore waters and moving into coastal habitats for summer. Preventing the decline of smalleye stingrays TOP 5 REASONS TO BIRD IN THE WINTER; HOLIDAY WITH THE CRANES RETURNS THIS DECEMBER; OUR SANDHILL … Neotropical migrants and the Gulf of Mexico: the cheniers of Louisiana and stopover ecology. Stingray skin is processed into leather that's strong, durable and almost indestructible. A new study from the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) has revealed much about the life of the smalleye stingray, the world's largest, but one of its least known species of stingray. 2000. Canadian J. Zool.

Many people in Polynesia, Malaysia, Central America and Africa value the stingray as a main source of protein.

Some individuals travelled hundreds of kilometres along the coastline, one example being a near-term pregnant stingray which travelled 200km in a minimum of 102 days and a total 400km return trip. It is gray, brown, or greenish on top, and white underneath. First study of world's largest marine stingray reveals long-distance migration.


74:1417-1430. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 38:287-292. March 9, 2019. New Study Reveals Long Distance Migration of Largest Stingray.

Here, we establish a behavioural audiogram of free-swimming male and female southern stingrays (Hypanus americanus) exposed to low-frequency tones.

Ultrastructure of uterine trophonemata, accommodation for urolactation, and gas exchange in the southern stingray, Dasyatis americana. If threatened, the cownose ray can also use their barb as a weapon to sting the aggressor. When inshore, they usually stay at depths of 2–6 m (6.6–19.7 ft), and after migrating offshore … Common Name(s): Kit; Stingray; Whip stingray; southern stingray; stingaree; Related Publications: Rosenberger 2001 Related Taxa: No related taxa recorded. Diver with pregnant smalleye stingray at BANP Mozambique (Photo: Andrea Marshall/Marine Megafauna Foundation) By Mark 'Crowley' Russell. Name Authority: muse migration. See more ideas about Ocean creatures, Sea creatures, Marine life. The southern stingray is plentiful, but at least nine other species of stingrays are at a high risk for extinction. by PeerJ. You cannot view this unit as you're not logged in yet. MOORE, F. R. 1999. Auk 88:343-365. Hurd, C. R. 1996.
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Some people catch rays for the wings (the flattened pectoral fins), which are said to taste like scallops.