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Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 9, February 11, March 10, April 16, May 16, June 10, July 8, August 7, September 9, October 9, November 7, December 8.
United States1,347
North Carolina121
Virginia72
Texas71
Mexico70
Quintana Roo63
South Carolina33
United States Virgin Islands32
Georgia20
Alabama17

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassCartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
OrderStingrays · Myliobatiformes
FamilyWhiptail Stingrays · Dasyatidae
GenusHypanus

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