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Common Names: Round stingray, Round
fantail stingray, Round fantail ray.
Latin Name:
Taeniura grabata.
Family:
Dasyatidae.
Identification:
Circular disc, tail slightly shorter than disc
length, sting present on tail. Dorsum brown or olive grey with scattered small dark spots and
blotches. Ventrum pale yellow/cream.
Size:
Maximum disc width about 100cm.
Habitat:
10 to 300m on sand or mud sometimes around reefs.
Abundance and distribution:
Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Red Sea and western Indian Ocean. In the
Atlantic from Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands and along the African
coastline from Mauritania to Angola. Sightings of
round stingrays in the southern Mediterranean are less common.
Diet and Behavior:
Diet consists of benthic fishes and
crustaceans.
Reproduction:
Ovoviviparous.
Photographs:
El Cabron Marine Park, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.
Similar species:
There are a number of other dasyatid rays that
share their range with the round stingray but none have the same body shape. Two
similar species are the Thorntail stingray
Dasyatis centroura and the Common stingray
Dasyatis pastinaca.
Reaction to divers:
Moves away only when closely
disturbed.
Diving logistics:
The Round Stingray is frequently encountered while diving around the Canary
Islands. Many dive shops should be able to show you sites where this species
occurs. A good place to start would be by attending the
stingray feed at Los Gigantes on Tenerife.
Other diving locations submitted by readers:
Other names
for the round stingray:
圆条尾魟
China
Mandarin Chinese
圓條尾魟
China
Mandarin Chinese
Ταινίουρα
Greece
Greek
Basternâk Afriqyeh
Lebanon
Arabic
Chucho negro
Canary Is.
Spanish
Chupare redondo
Spain
Spanish
Pastenague africaine
France
French
Pastinaca redonda
Spain
Spanish
Patelnica
Poland
Polish
Ratão
Cape Verde
Portuguese
Ronde waaierstaartpijlstaartrog
Netherlands
Dutch
Round fantail stingray
South Africa
Tenioura
Greece
Greek
Tırpana balığı
Turkey
Turkish
Trigone africano
Italy
Italian
Trnucha okrouhlá
Czech Rep
Czech
