Common stingaree: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common stingaree lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Trygonoptera testacea
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Urolophidae

Where does the common stingaree live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common stingaree in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common stingaree endangered?

The common stingaree’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common stingaree?

The common stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Myliobatiformes and the family Urolophidae, genus Trygonoptera. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common stingaree

The common stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea) is a species of stingray in the family Urolophidae. The most abundant ray in inshore waters off eastern Australia, it generally inhabits estuaries, sandy flats, and rocky reefs from the shore to a depth of 60 m (200 ft). This plain brownish to grayish species has a rounded pectoral fin disc with a broadly triangular snout. Its nostrils have enlarged lobes on their outer margins and a skirt-shaped curtain of skin with a fringed posterior margin between them. Its tail bears a small dorsal fin before the stinging spine, and terminates in a leaf-shaped caudal fin. This ray can grow to 52 cm (20 in) long.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common stingaree (revision 1378203064), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q3280211 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).