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The southern stingray is a species of whiptail stingray that inhabits the warmer waters of New Jersey south to Brazil. These rays are generally peaceful and docile creatures, but they can get the point across, if threatened. Due to overfishing and frequent disturbances from recreational activities, these creatures are listed […]

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The giant freshwater stingray is the largest freshwater fish as well as the largest stingray in the world. They are found in larger estuaries and rivers of Southeast Asia and Borneo. Sadly, these amazing stingrays face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial […]

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The common skate, aka blue skate or common blue skate, is the largest known skate in the world. They were quite abundant at one time, but now are predominantly absent from most of their historical range of the northeast Atlantic Ocean as well as the Mediterranean Sea. Due to overfishing […]

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The Australian ghostshark, aka elephant shark, whitefish, makorepe (in Māori), plough-nose chimaera, or elephant fish, hails from the waters off of southern Australia, including Tasmania, south of East Cape, and Kaipara Harbor in New Zealand. These peculiar critters are actually not sharks at all, but rather rays. Even though they […]

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With their elongated, flattened snout that looks more like a hedge trimmer than a feature you’d find on a fish or shark, the sawfish is truly unique. There are 5 known species of sawfish in oceans off the coasts of Australia, Japan, and South Africa. Besides the ocean, they can […]

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With their odd looking, flattened body the stingray silently maneuvers through the shallow tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world; armed, in most cases, with a venomous stinger to defend against predators. Some even have multiple barbs. These mysterious critters belong to a group of fish called elasmobranchs. Being closely […]

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From its amazing aerial acrobatics to its devilish looks, it is easy to see why there is a great fascination with the devil ray in the scuba diving and scientific communities. Migrating together in small groups, these giant rays can be seen in temperate as well as tropical waters throughout […]

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The remora, aka shark sucker or sucker fish is a commensal fish who spends its life attached to or swimming next to sharks, rays, and other large oceanic creatures. There are 8 known species of remora distributed throughout the oceans around the world. This fish has an oval suction disk […]

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Angel sharks are quite different from many other sharks. First, they have flat bodies and very long pelvic and pectoral fins, thus making them look much like a ray. These bottom-swimming sharks use their fins to steer, like other sharks do. Angel sharks can be found along the coasts of […]

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