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title: "Common Stingaree"
description: "Trygonoptera testacea — Ryby. The common stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea) is a species of stingray in the family Urolophidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-stingaree
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Stingaree

> Trygonoptera testacea — Ryby. The common stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea) is a species of stingray in the family Urolophidae.

- Scientific name: *Trygonoptera testacea*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2686
- Wikidata: [Q3280211](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3280211)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114626](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114626)

## Names

- en: Common Stingaree
- es: Raya común
- nl: Gewone doornrog

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2389)

## Summary

The common stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea) is a species of stingray in the family Urolophidae. The most abundant ray in inshore waters off eastern Australia, it generally inhabits estuaries, sandy flats, and rocky reefs from the shore to a depth of 60 m (200 ft). This plain brownish to grayish species has a rounded pectoral fin disc with a broadly triangular snout. Its nostrils have enlarged lobes on their outer margins and a skirt-shaped curtain of skin with a fringed posterior margin between them. Its tail bears a small dorsal fin before the stinging spine, and terminates in a leaf-shaped caudal fin. This ray…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: marsyd · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210050791

## Machine access

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