Deepwater stingray: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the deepwater stingray lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Plesiobatis daviesi
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Plesiobatidae

Where does the deepwater stingray live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the deepwater stingray in 5 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, North America and Oceania.

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 deepwater stingray endangered?

The deepwater stingray’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the deepwater stingray?

The deepwater stingray (Plesiobatis daviesi) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Myliobatiformes and the family Plesiobatidae, genus Plesiobatis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the deepwater stingray

The deepwater stingray or giant stingaree (Plesiobatis daviesi) is a species of stingray and the sole member of the family Plesiobatidae. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, typically over fine sediments on the upper continental slope at depths of 275–680 m (900–2,230 ft). This species reaches 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in length and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in width. It has an oval pectoral fin disc with a long, flexible, broad-angled snout. Most of the entire latter half of its tail supports a distinctively long, slender, leaf-shaped caudal fin. Its coloration is dark above and white below, and its skin is almost completely covered by tiny dermal denticles.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Deepwater stingray (revision 1357037873), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1048492 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).