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title: "Pearl Stingray"
description: "Fontitrygon margaritella — Ryby. The pearl stingray (Fontitrygon margaritella) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola, though fossils have been found in Portugal."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pearl-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pearl Stingray

> Fontitrygon margaritella — Ryby. The pearl stingray (Fontitrygon margaritella) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola, though fossils have been found in Portugal.

- Scientific name: *Fontitrygon margaritella*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 939
- Wikidata: [Q28927548](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28927548)
- iNaturalist taxon: [623837](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/623837)

## Names

- en: Pearl Stingray
- es: Raya perla

## Countries with the most observations

CM (853), SN (12), GA (6), GM (4), MR (4)

## Summary

The pearl stingray (Fontitrygon margaritella) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola, though fossils have been found in Portugal. Growing to 30 cm (12 in) across, this species has a rounded pectoral fin disc with a pointed snout, and a wide band of dermal denticles over the back in adults. It closely resembles and is often confused for the much larger daisy stingray (F. margarita); both species are characterized by the presence of an enlarged, nacreous denticle in the middle of the back called a "pearl spine". The International Union…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12431

## Machine access

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