ATLANTIC STINGRAY

These stingrays can grow to 2 feet across and 3.5 feet long including the tail.

Atlantic Stingrays eat primarily bottom-dwelling invertebrates, including anemones, polychaete worms, mollusks and crustaceans.

Larger individuals develop thorns along their back and to the tail spine, creating a serrated appearance, like a knife.

The Atlantic Stingray is tolerant of a range of salinities, spending time in brackish water and even sometimes entering freshwater. The only North American freshwater stingray population is a group of Atlantic Stingrays in the St. Johns River and associated lakes in Florida.

LEAST CONCERN (LC):
Less likely to become endangered anything soon.