Pitted stingray

Japanese ichthyologist Yasunori Miyosi described the pitted stingray in a 1939 issue of the Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, based on a specimen collected from the Hyuga-nada Sea in eastern Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

The Pitted stingray lives in the demersal, marine environment.

* Pitted stingray, Dasyatis matsubarai (Miyosi, 1939). * Smalleye stingray, Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908). * Multispine giant stingray, Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959). More

* Pitted stingray, Dasyatis matsubarai (Miyosi, 1939). * Smalleye stingray, Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908). More

squid fish to a Pitted stingray in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 as part of the annual month-long seasonal daily event for the Saint Valentine’s Day, which goes on until Feb. 14.... More

070306 - AOMORI, Japan - This pitted stingray is just one of several species that swims through the Aquarium Asamushi's 15-meter tunnel water tank. Pitted stingrays can reach up to 14 feet in length. More

rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens, pitted stingray Dasyatis matsubarai, threeline grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum and stripey Microcanthus strigatus. There was a significant correlation between catch and discards (r=0.84, p<0.05). More

Common names

Hoshi-ei in Japanese (日本語)
Pitted stingray in English
Pokdalige pijlstaartrog in Dutch (Nederlands)
Trnucha Matsubara in Czech (česky)
松原魟 in Chinese (中文)
松原魟 in Mandarin Chinese
흑가오리 in Korean (한국어)

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