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title: "Roughtail Stingray"
description: "Bathytoshia centroura — Pesci. The roughtail stingray (Bathytoshia centroura) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with separate populations in coastal waters of the northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/roughtail-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roughtail Stingray

> Bathytoshia centroura — Pesci. The roughtail stingray (Bathytoshia centroura) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with separate populations in coastal waters of the northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Bathytoshia centroura*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 65
- Wikidata: [Q28927301](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28927301)
- iNaturalist taxon: [623822](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/623822)

## Names

- en: Roughtail Stingray
- de: Rauschwanz-Stechrochen
- es: Pastinaca áspera
- fr: Pastenague épineuse

## Countries with the most observations

US (51)

## Summary

The roughtail stingray (Bathytoshia centroura) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with separate populations in coastal waters of the northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This bottom-dwelling species typically inhabits sandy or muddy areas with patches of invertebrate cover, at a depth of 15–50 m (49–164 ft). It is seasonally migratory, overwintering in offshore waters and moving into coastal habitats for summer. The largest whip-tail stingray in the Atlantic, the roughtail stingray grows up to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) across and 360 kg (800 lb) in weight. It is plain in color, with an angular, diamond…

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

## Photo

![Roughtail Stingray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/roughtail-stingray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Samuel Paul Galick · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27947796

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/roughtail-stingray?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).