Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Cowtail Stingray
Pastinachus sephen
Cowtail Stingray
Category: Whiptail Stingrays
Scientific Name: Pastinachus sephen
Size: 2 to 5 ft. (60 cm to 1.5 m)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Batoidea (Infraclass) Rays
    └Myliobatiformes (Order) Stingrays
     └Dasyatidae (Family) Whiptail Stingrays
      └Pastinachus (Genus)
       └P. sephen (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217419🔗
iNaturalist ID: 47277🔗

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