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Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828)

Description

Common Names

  • Blou pylstert , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Trnucha modrá , Czech , Czechia
  • Trnucha mramorovaná , Czech , Czechia
  • Blå pigrokke , Danish , Denmark
  • Gemarmerde pijlstaartrog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Blue stingray , English , Namibia
  • Blue stingray , English , South Africa
  • Marbled stingray , English , South Africa
  • South African blue stingray , English , UK
  • Sting ray , English , Spain
  • Kullakirju astelrai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Pastenague bleue sud-africaine , French , France
  • 金魟 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Chucho , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Myliobatiformes

    Family: Dasyatidae

    Genus: Dasyatis

    Species: Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Found in shallow bays, sheltered sandy beaches in summertime, moves to deeper waters during winter. Feeds on bony fishes and crustaceans such as crabs, shrimps and mantis shrimps (Ref. 36731); including sea lice and marine worms (Ref. 114953). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Litters of 1-5 pups (Ref. 114953). Often caught by shore anglers (Ref. 36731). It is parasitised by the monogenean Dendromonocotyle citrosa on the dorsal skin surface (Ref. 124058).

    Habitat

    demersal