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title: "Striped Panray"
description: "Zanobatus schoenleinii — Vissen. Zanobatus schoenleinii, the striped panray, is a species of ray in the family Zanobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/striped-panray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Panray

> Zanobatus schoenleinii — Vissen. Zanobatus schoenleinii, the striped panray, is a species of ray in the family Zanobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Zanobatus schoenleinii*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 71
- Wikidata: [Q139163](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139163)
- iNaturalist taxon: [115233](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/115233)

## Names

- en: Striped Panray
- de: Sand-Geigenrochen
- es: Raya tigre
- fr: Raie tigrée

## Countries with the most observations

SN (58), EH (7), GM (3)

## Summary

Zanobatus schoenleinii, the striped panray, is a species of ray in the family Zanobatidae. It was considered the only species in its genus and family until the description of the Zanobatus maculatus in 2016.
The striped panray is found in the warm East Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Morocco, through the Gulf of Guinea to Angola. It mainly occurs over sandy bottoms at depths of less than 15 m (50 ft), but may occur as deep as 60–100 m (200–300 ft).
Adults are typically 40–50 cm (1.3–1.6 ft) long and the likely maximum length is around 60 cm (2.0 ft), although there have been claims of individuals up to 1 m (3.3 ft).…

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

## Photo

![Striped Panray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-panray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Johannes Müller · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanobatus_schoenleinii.jpg

## Machine access

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