bluntnose stingray, Say's stingray (Dasyatis say) Description
Bluntnose stingray (Dasyatis say) at Botany Bay Plantation in South Carolina.
Date 10 September 2011, 16:46
Source Bluntnose Stingray, Dasyatis say http://www.flickr.com/photos/76277453@N05/6852821225/
Author toadlady1 http://www.flickr.com/people/76277453@N05
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasyatis_say_botany_bay.jpg
The bluntnose stingray or Say's stingray (Dasyatis say, often misspelled sayi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, native to the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. state of Massachusetts to Venezuela. It is a bottom-dwelling species that prefers sandy or muddy habitats 1–10 m (3.3–32.8 ft) deep, and is migratory in the northern portion of its range. Typically growing to 78 cm (31 in) across. Order: Myliobatiformes, Family: Dasyatidae, Synonyms: Raja say Lesueur, 1817.
