Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842)

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 : 106

Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 104 cm WD

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range:? m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Senegal south to Ghana. One record for Gabon: MNHN 1989-1787 1980. 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. com.). D. hastata has been placed in synonymy with D. centroura , but Séret in Paugy et al. (2003), does not consider this well-established, since two large stingrays, corresponding to the descriptions of these nominal species, doubtless exist on the West African coast. Pending a revision of the Atlantic stingrays, it therefore seems preferable to keep the name D. hastata .