Sharpsnout stingray

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Sharpsnout stingray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species: D. geijskesi
Binomial name
Dasyatis geijskesi
Boeseman,1948

The sharpsnout stingray or wingfin stingray (Dasyatis geijskesi) is a species of fish in the Dasyatidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is open seas.

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