Bathytoshia lata

Dasyatidae
Black Stingray, Black Stingray, Longtail Stingray, Thorntail Stingray
  • Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Poor Knights Is, NZ, Photo: Andrew Green
    Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Poor Knights Is, NZ, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Bathytoshia lata, Narooma, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
    Bathytoshia lata, Narooma, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Potato Point, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
    Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Potato Point, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Bathytoshia lata, Narooma, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
    Bathytoshia lata, Narooma, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Potato Point, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
    Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Potato Point, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Bathytoshia lata,
    Bathytoshia lata,
  • Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Poor Knights Is, NZ, Photo: Andrew Green
    Bathytoshia lata, Adult, Poor Knights Is, NZ, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Bathytoshia lata, Lord Howe Island, Australia,
    Bathytoshia lata, Lord Howe Island, Australia,
Distribution
Temperate Africa, Temperate Australasia
Description

Large, dark to black stingray, distinguished by its very long tapered tail and no white spots on disc. Mainly temperate but also subtropical. Length to 400cm.

Information
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Seagrass, Soft sediment
Rarity
  • IUCN Threat Status: Vulnerable
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (2% of sites)
    Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
  • Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
    Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Andrew Green (GJE TMLA)
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