Blue stingray
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| Blue stingray | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Dasyatis |
| Species: | D. chrysonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828) |
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The blue stingray, Dasyatis chrysonota, is a stingray of the family Dasyatidae, found in the southeast Atlantic Ocean around South Africa to Mozambique, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.
The blue stingray is ovoviviparous, 1 to 5 young being born in summer after a 9 month gestation.
[edit] References
- "Dasyatis chrysonota". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- G M Branch, C L Griffiths, M L Branch, & L E Beckley, Two Oceans, A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa, (David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd, Claremont, South Africa 1994) ISBN 0-86486-250-4
