Blue Stingray
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Genus
- Pteroplatytrygon
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 50 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 9 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 278 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 6 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 4 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records