Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean 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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Elasmobranchii (Class)
   └Batoidea (Infraclass)
    └Myliobatiformes (Order)
     └Dasyatidae (Family)
      └Hypanus (Genus)
       └H. americanus (Species)

Sharks & Rays
Whiptail Stingrays

Southern Stingray

Chupare Stingray



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