FishverifiedLeast Concern

Bathytoshia brevicaudata

(Hutton, 1875)

Smooth Stingray

Also known as: Short-Tail Stingray, Bathytoshia Matsubarai, Captain Cook's Stingaree, Giant Black Ray, Giant Stingray, New Zealand Short-Tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tailed Stingaree

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About

Habitat

Demersal

Depth

0–476 m

Max size

4.3 m

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Taxonomy

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Myliobatiformes

Family

Dasyatidae

Where to find it

common

Australia (East Coast)New Zealand New Zealand (North Island)

occasional

Australia (Temperate South)New Zealand (South Island)

Other species in Dasyatidae

Taeniura lymma

Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray

Hypanus dipterurus

Diamond Stingray

Hemitrygon bennettii

Bennett's Stingray

Pastinachus ater

Cowtail Stingray

Brevitrygon manjajiae

Arabian Whipray

Hypanus americanus

Southern Stingray

Maculabatis astra

Blackspotted Whipray

Hemitrygon izuensis

Izu Stingray