Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Myliobatiformes

Family: Dasyatidae

Genus: Dasyatis

Species: Dasyatis hypostigma Santos & Carvalho, 2004

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Usually found in sandy bottoms. Mobile invertebrate feeder, feed primarily on benthic mobile invertebrates, such as mollusks, crustaceans, and worms associated with hard or nearby unconsolidated substrate (Ref. 103985).

Habitat

brackish