Tortonese's stingray

Tortonese's stingray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species: D. tortonesei
Binomial name
Dasyatis tortonesei
Capapé, 1975

The Tortonese's stingray (Dasyatis tortonesei) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It may be the same species as the common stingray (D. pastinaca).

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