MARINE ANIMALS THAT STING 



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Butterfly Rays - Gymnuridae. 



Butterfly Ray, Gymnura marmorata (Cooper) (Fig. 28, Bottom). 

 Found from Point Conception, California, south to Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. 



European Stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus) (Fig. 29). 

 Inhabits the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and 

 Indian Ocean. A very common species. 



Fig. 29. European Stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus). 



Bat Rays or Eagle Rays - Myliobatidae 

 Bat Ray or Spotted Eagle Ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphra- 

 sen) (Fig. 30, Top). Inhabits tropical and warm-temperate belts 

 of the Atlantic, Red Sea, and Indo-Pacific Oceans. 



California Bat Ray, Myliobatis californicus (Gill) (Fig. 30, Bot- 

 tom). Found from Oregon to Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 



