Stingrays

**Common Name**: Deepwater stingray, Giant stingaree **Scientific Name**: //Plesiobatis daviesi//  **Class**: Chondrichthyes  **Location**: South Africa, Mozambique, Southern India, East Philippines, North Japan, Southern Austrailia, and some parts of the Hawaiian islands  **Size**:﻿ 270 cm  **Habitat**: deep water (depths of 275-680 m)  **Living Requirements**: Feeds on eels, crabs, shrimp, lobsters, cephalopods and polychaete worms. **Life Cycle**: Unknown **Male/Female differences**: Females are usually bigger when born. **Interesting Facts**: They are venomous. They also do not lay eggs. **Human Impact**: They are usually killed for their meat.

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