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title: "Cowtail Stingray"
description: "Pastinachus sephen — Peixes. The cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, widespread in the Indo-Pacific region and occasionally entering freshwater habitats."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cowtail-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cowtail Stingray

> Pastinachus sephen — Peixes. The cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, widespread in the Indo-Pacific region and occasionally entering freshwater habitats.

- Scientific name: *Pastinachus sephen*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 142
- Wikidata: [Q1185275](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1185275)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47277](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47277)

## Names

- en: Cowtail Stingray
- de: Federschwanz-Stechrochen
- fr: Pastenague à queue de vache

## Countries with the most observations

EG (60), SA (26), AE (16), QA (5)

## Summary

The cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, widespread in the Indo-Pacific region and occasionally entering freshwater habitats. Other common names include banana-tail ray, drab stingray, fantail ray, feathertail stingray, and frill tailed sting ray. This species is sometimes placed in the genus Dasyatis or Hypolophus (an obsolete synonym of Pastinachus). The most distinctive characteristic of the cowtail stingray is the large, flag-like ventral fold on its tail, which is especially prominent when the ray is swimming. This species is targeted by commercial fisheries…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137525115

## Machine access

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