Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 107

Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 60 cm TL; 64 cm WD

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 5-200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from southern Norway and the UK, British Isles, south to Gabon, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands, to South Africa. Juveniles and adults were observed along the coast, in estuary and delta of Gabon on board of industrial trawlers and artisanal boats (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).