Bennett's stingray

Hemitrygon bennettii

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Vulnerable

Water temperature23–28 °C
Best monthsJanuary, July, and August
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lawrence Hylton · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 6 records
February: 3 records
March: 3 records
April: 3 records
May: 2 records
June: 2 records
July: 7 records
August: 7 records
September: 3 records
October: 3 records
November: 1 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–28 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 12 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Bennett's stingray, frilltailed stingray

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: Onagaei, オナガエイ
Thai: ปลากระเบนหางหวาย
Simplified Chinese: 白玉鯆, 白肉鯆, 笨氏土魟, 紅魴, 黃土魟, 黃魟, 黃魴, 黄魟

Other scientific names: Dasyatis benetti, Dasyatis benneti, Dasyatis bennetti, Dasyatis bennettii, Dasyatus bennetti, Trygon bennettii

Similar species

Brown Stingray
Hemitrygon fluviorum
Red Stingray
Hemitrygon akajei
Merauke Stingray
Hemitrygon longicauda
Dwarf Black Stingray
Hemitrygon parvonigra
Bathytoshia matsubarai
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
Reef stingray
Taeniura lymma

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
97 open-data records from 1841 to 2014.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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