Brown stingray

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Brown stingray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species: D. annotata
Binomial name
Dasyatis annotata
Last, 1987

The brown stingray or plain maskray (Dasyatis annotata) is a species of fish in the Dasyatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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