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title: "Southern Stingray"
description: "Hypanus americanus — Vissen. The southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) is a whiptail stingray found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to southern Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Stingray

> Hypanus americanus — Vissen. The southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) is a whiptail stingray found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to southern Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Hypanus americanus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4901
- Wikidata: [Q28927075](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28927075)
- iNaturalist taxon: [623850](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/623850)

## Names

- en: Southern Stingray
- de: Amerikanischer Stechrochen
- es: Raya látigo
- fr: Pastenague américaine

## Countries with the most observations

MX (714), US (703), KY (447), BS (387), BZ (370), VI (248), BL (94), TC (85), PR (78), GP (63), SX (63), HN (62)

## Summary

The southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) is a whiptail stingray found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to southern Brazil. It has a flat, diamond-shaped disc, with a mud brown, olive, and grey dorsal surface and white underbelly (ventral surface). The barb on its tail is serrated and covered in a venomous mucus, used for self-defense.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Erin Pitts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8429353

## Machine access

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