Bluntnose stingray (Hypanus say) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 1–10 m.
Scientific name: Hypanus say · Water: Saltwater, Brackish
Size: up to 104 cm
The bluntnose stingray is a demersal dasyatid that inhabits coastal waters, generally near shore down to depths of 10 m, and both adults and juveniles frequent estuaries and surf zones; it also enters brackish water. It is a bottom feeder taking fish, clams, worms and shrimps, and it is ovoviviparous, with litters of two to four pups and a gestation of ten to eleven months that includes a period of embryonic diapause. It causes a number of injuries to bathers and waders. Its range is the western Atlantic, from New Jersey in the United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, and it is widespread in the West Indies and throughout the Antilles. Maximum length is about 104 cm, a figure for which FishBase does not state the basis, and it matures at about 55 cm. It is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 68 of 100 and resilience low. IUCN lists it as near threatened.
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