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Pelagic Stingray - Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Dasyatis violacea
Subject: Pelagic Stingray - Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Dasyatis violacea
Poster: Klaus Rudloff (kdrudloff@t-online.de)
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Pelagic Stingray - Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Dasyatis violacea


Pelagic Stingray, Pelagischer Stechrochen (Pteroplatytrygon violacea, syn. Dasyatis violacea).
Zoo-Aquarium Berlin 27th January 2011.
Copyright by Klaus Rudloff, Berlin

The pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. 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.

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Scientific Name: Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Common Names: Pelagic Stingray, Blue Stingray; [French] Pastenague Violette; [Spanish] Raya Negra, raya látigo obispo
Synonyms:
Trygon violacea Bonaparte, 1832
Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
Dasyatis purpurea (Müller & Henle, 1841)

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