pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) English: Marbled stingray (Dasyatis marmorata) in Sala Maremagnum of Aquarium Finisterrae (House of the Fishes), in Corunna, Galicia, Spain.
Español: Dasyatis marmorata (pastinaca) en la Sala Maremagnum del Aquarium Finisterrae (Casa de los Peces), en La Coruña, Galicia, España
Galego: Dasyatis marmorata na Sala Maremagnum do Aquarium Finisterrae (Casa dos Peixes), na Coruña, Galicia, España
Date 18:39, 20 jun 2008
Author Drow male https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Drow_male
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasyatis_violacea.001_-_Aquarium_Finisterrae.JPG
The pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, and the sole member of its genus. It is characterized by the wedge-like shape of its pectoral fin disc, which is much wider than long, as well as by the pointed teeth in both sexes, whip-like tail with extremely long tail spine, and uniform violet to blue-green coloration. The distribution of the pelagic stingray extends nearly worldwide in tropical to warm-temperate pelagic waters.
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Pteroplatytrygon
Species: Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Synonyms:
Dasyatis atratus Ishiyama & Okada, 1955
Dasyatis guileri Last, 1979
Trygon purpurea Müller & Henle, 1841
Trygon violacea Bonaparte, 1832
