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Biological Profiles
Species Key Of Coastal Western North Atlantic Stingrays
George Burgess
Florida Program for Shark Research
Florida Museum of Natural History
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1a | Disc round in shape, colored yellowish with spots |
Urobatis jamaicensis |
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1b | Disc roughly diamond shaped, no such color (Dasyatis) |
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2a | Tips of wings more or less rounded, disc obviously wider
(wingtip to wingtip) than long (snout to posterior disc margin)
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2b | Tips of wings more or less pointed, disc about as wide as wide as long
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3a | Distance from tip of snout to eyes greater than distance between eyes,
anterior margins of disc somewhat concave anterior to level of eyes, generally brackish
and fresh water | Dasyatis sabina
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3b | Distance from tip of snout to eyes less than distance between eyes,
anterior margins of disc straight anterior to level of eyes, generally marine waters
| Dasyatis sayi
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4a | Tail with large thorns (bucklers), not usually found coastally
| Dasyatis centoura |
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4b | Tail with small spines only, found coastally and in somewhat deeper
water | Dasyatis americana
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