Feathertail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Red Sea.

Feathertail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Red Sea.

Sepia stingray, Urolophus aurantiacus, Munsom island, Jeju-Do, South Korea (East Sea)

Large group of pink whipray or Tahitian stingray, Himantura fai, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Bluespotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) resting in the sand. Jackson Reef, Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt.

Southern Stingray (Dasyatis Americana) swimming overhead, showing light underside and blue water, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Southern Stingray (Dasyatis Americana) lying in the sandy bottom of a cavern,, Ressurreta, Fernando de Noronha National Marine Sanctuary, Pernambuco, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Adult Spinetail Mobula (Mobula japanica) leaping out of the water in the upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the long whip-like tail (longer than the length of the body) with sting at the base - a unique field diagnostic to this species

Diver with Sting rays, Stingray City Sandbar, Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Large group of pink whipray or Tahitian stingray, Himantura fai, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Bikini Diver with Sting rays, Stingray City Sandbar, Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Adult Spinetail Mobula (Mobula japanica) leaping out of the water in the upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the long whip-like tail (longer than the length of the body) with sting at the base - a unique field diagnostic to this species

Sting Ray at Sting Ray City. Caymans.