Dasyatis fluviorum

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Brown stingray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species: D. fluviorum
Binomial name
Dasyatis fluviorum
Ogilby, 1908

The brown stingray, estuary stingaree, or estuary stingray (Dasyatis fluviorum) is a species of fish in the Dasyatidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are rivers, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, estuarine waters, and intertidal flats. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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