{"id":4228,"date":"2022-07-22T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/seabirds\/?page_id=4228"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:23:52","slug":"dasyatis-marmorata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/dasyatis-marmorata\/","title":{"rendered":"Dasyatis marmorata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-8 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-huge-font-size\"><em><em><em><em>Dasyatis marmorata<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common name:<\/strong> Marbled Stingray  <br><strong>Order:<\/strong> Myliobatiformes  <br><strong>Family:<\/strong> Dasyatidae  <br><strong>Synonyms: <\/strong><em>Dasyatis chrysonota marmorata<\/em>, <em>Trygon pastinaca marmorata<\/em><br><strong>Misidentifications:<\/strong> <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/dasyatis-tortonesei\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dasyatis tortonesei<\/a><\/em>, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/dasyatis-pastinaca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dasyatis pastinaca<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/excluded-species\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6339\">Dasyatis chrysonota<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-4231\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-27-6 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-4231 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_4231\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_4231\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4236 ms-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dmarmorata_cluaE-595x425.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4231 slide-4236\" title=\"dmarmorata_cluaE\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">photo credit: E. Clua<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4237 ms-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dmarmorata_cluaE-2-512x366.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4231 slide-4237\" title=\"dmarmorata_cluaE (2)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">photo credit: E. Clua<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4238 ms-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dmarmorata_ChatzispyrouA-e1658485870142-616x440.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4231 slide-4238\" title=\"dmarmorata_ChatzispyrouA\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">photo credit: A. Chatzispyrou<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-4 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-4 column2-desktop-grid__start-7 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Short description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small stingray. Snout and disc angular. Tail less than twice body length. Disc without spines. One dart on the base of the tail.<br><br><strong>Color: <\/strong>Golden-brown disc with spot\/marbling blue. White ventral surface. Tail dark and without bands.<br><br><strong>Measurements:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Disk width <\/strong>(DW): up to 44 cm<\/li><li><strong>Total length<\/strong> (TL): up to 60 cm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swimming pattern: <\/strong>Undulatory locomotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Biology \/ Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-caf50a6c-6585-4a9d-972f-8036f1810e92\">Feeds on crabs, mantis shrimps, amphipods, worms and fishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-caf50a6c-6585-4a9d-972f-8036f1810e92\"><strong>Reproduction: <\/strong>Viviparous (aplacental viviparity). Size at maturity<strong> <\/strong>(TL): 32 cm female, 27-30 cm male. Gestation period: 3 months. Juveniles per litter: 4 per year.<br><br><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Demersal species in temperate water, inhabits coastal and shallow waters. Benthic on continental shelf on sandy and muddy bottoms, sometimes near rocky reefs. Found from 12 to 100 m deep. Found in deeper offshore areas during the winter season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-11 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Previously wrongly identified in the Red Sea (mistaken for <em>Taeniurops meyeni).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Distinguishing characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Prominent elongated snout.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Rhomboidal disc without spines.<\/li><li>Conspicuous bright blue blotches and branching lines on a golden background.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Myliobatiformes: <\/strong>No caudal and anal fin. Thin tail like a whip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dasyatidae:<\/strong> Batoids with depressed bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7c753903-038c-44d5-aff6-969ae6648293\"><strong>Worldwide<\/strong>: Eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Mauritania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9d84759b-671d-4c76-b4e6-4c202ee3961d\"><strong>Mediterranean<\/strong>: Recorded in south of Tunisia, along the coast of Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Greece.&nbsp;Absent from Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Occurrence: <\/strong>Rare.<\/li><li><strong>Latest records:<\/strong> Cyprus (2018-2022), Maliakos Gulf &#8211; Grece (2019), Lebanon (2014), Iskenderun Bay &#8211; Turkey (2013), Gulf of Antalya &#8211; Turkey (2010), Southern Tunisia (2009), Isra\u00ebl (2004).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/seabirds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata-1536x762.png 1536w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata-1568x778.png 1568w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dasyatis_marmorata.png 1794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-10 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-secondary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Any recent observation not on the map?<br><a href=\"mailto: lmendez@ciesm.org\">Contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ca6ef4b1-4ee6-45e6-85da-9ca8e126a46f\"><strong>Threats<\/strong>: Caught as bycatch by bottom trawl fisheries.<br><br><strong>Protection level<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Europe:<\/strong> Data Deficient (IUCN 2015, last assessment: 2015)<\/li><li><strong>Global:<\/strong> Near Threatened (IUCN 2021, last assessment: 2020)<\/li><li><strong>Mediterranean:<\/strong> Data Deficient (IUCN 2016, last assessment: 2016)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7c753903-038c-44d5-aff6-969ae6648293\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-10 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p><strong>Key references<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:14px\"><li>Carpentieri P., Nastasi A., Sessa M., Srour A. 2021. Incidental catch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries \u2013 A review. <em>General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0<em>Studies and Reviews<\/em>\u00a0101: I-317.<\/li><li>Chatzispyrou A., Gubili C., Laiaki M., Mantopoulou-Palouka D., Kavadas S. 2020. First record of the marbled ray, <em>Dasyatis marmorata<\/em> (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae), from Greece (central Aegean Sea). <em>Biodiversity data journal<\/em> <em>8<\/em>: e51100.<\/li><li>Erguden D., Turan C., Gurlek M., Uyan A., Reyhaniye A.N. (2014). First record of Marbled Stingray, <em>Dasyatis marmotata<\/em> (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), on the coast of Turkey, north-eastern Mediterranean. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria<\/em> <em>44<\/em>(2): 159-161.<\/li><li>Giovos I., Serena F., Katsada D., Anastasiadis A., Barash A., Charilaou C., Hall-Spencer J.M.,Crocetta F.,Kaminas A., Kletou D, Maximiadi M., Minasidis V., Moutopoulos D.K., Aga-Spyridopoulou R.N., Thasitis I., Kleitou P. 2021. Integrating literature, biodiversity databases, and citizen-science to reconstruct the checklist of Chondrichthyans in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). <em>Fishes<\/em> 6(3): 24.<\/li><li>Golani D. 2005. Checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel. <em>Zootaxa <\/em>947(1): 1-90.<\/li><li>O\u2019Keefe M., Bengil EG., Palmer JL, Beton D, \u00c7a\u011flar \u00c7., Godley B.J, \u00d6zkan M., Snape R.T.E., Broderick A.C. 2023. Diversity and distribution of elasmobranchs in the coastal waters of Cyprus: using bycatch data to inform management and conservation.\u00a0<em>Front. Mar. Sci.<\/em> 10: 1181437.<\/li><li>\u00d6zbek E.\u00d6., \u00c7ardak M. , Kebap\u00e7io\u011flu T. 2015. Spatio-temporal patterns of abundance, biomass and length-weight relationships of Dasyatis species (Pisces: Dasyatidae) in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey (Levantine Sea). <em>Journal of Black Sea \/ Mediterranean Environment <\/em>21: 169-190.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dasyatis marmorata Common name: Marbled Stingray Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Dasyatidae Synonyms: Dasyatis chrysonota marmorata, Trygon pastinaca marmorataMisidentifications: Dasyatis tortonesei, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis chrysonota Short description Small stingray. Snout and disc angular. Tail less than twice body length. Disc without spines. One dart on the base of the tail. 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