Southern Stingray



Family Dasyatidae, STINGRAYS
Dasyatis americana

Description: disk almost a perfect rhombus, with pointed corners; ventral finfold on tail long and relatively high, dorsal finfold rows near shoulder; disk usually uniform dark brown above, grayer in young.

Size: to 1.8 m (6 ft.) across disk.

Where found: common in bays and estuaries.
Remarks: the largest stingray along our southeastern and Gulf shores.

*The Florida records quoted are from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and are not necessarily the most current ones. The records are provided as only as a benchmark.