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title: "Giant Stingaree"
description: "Plesiobatis daviesi — Fish. The deepwater stingray or giant stingaree (Plesiobatis daviesi) is a species of stingray and the sole member of the family Plesiobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/giant-stingaree
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Giant Stingaree

> Plesiobatis daviesi — Fish. The deepwater stingray or giant stingaree (Plesiobatis daviesi) is a species of stingray and the sole member of the family Plesiobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Plesiobatis daviesi*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 13
- Wikidata: [Q1048492](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048492)
- iNaturalist taxon: [109761](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/109761)

## Names

- en: Giant Stingaree
- de: Tiefwasser-Stachelrochen
- nl: Reuzendoornrog
- pt: Plesiobatidae

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4)

## Summary

The deepwater stingray or giant stingaree (Plesiobatis daviesi) is a species of stingray and the sole member of the family Plesiobatidae. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, typically over fine sediments on the upper continental slope at depths of 275–680 m (900–2,230 ft). This species reaches 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in length and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in width. It has an oval pectoral fin disc with a long, flexible, broad-angled snout. Most of the entire latter half of its tail supports a distinctively long, slender, leaf-shaped caudal fin. Its coloration is dark above and white below, and its skin is almost completely…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_stingray

## Photo

![Giant Stingaree](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-stingaree/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chao 江星辰 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351089470

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-stingaree?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).