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Atlantic Stingray

Hypanus sabinus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 217, February 207, March 235, April 447, May 274, June 133, July 120, August 123, September 147, October 156, November 203, December 197.
United States7,705
Texas2,459
South Carolina367
North Carolina246
Alabama130
Georgia119
Louisiana101
Mississippi94
Virginia92
Maryland35

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Atlantic Stingray with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.