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🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGafftopsail catfish Marine catfish with venomous spines and mouthbrooding malesCatfish · Coasts and shelves

North AmericaYellow stingray Small, camouflaging stingray of the western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1816

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBat ray A large eagle ray with wing-like fins found in the eastern Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves WorldCommon eagle ray A large, venomous ray found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves

WorldMangrove whipray A spotted stingray of Indo-Pacific mangroves and reefs.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves · 1883

WorldCowtail stingray Large Indo-Pacific stingray with a distinctive tail fold.Ray · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesSpotted ratfish Cartilaginous fish with a rat-like tail and venomous spineOther · Coasts and shelves

EuropeRabbit fish Deep-water cartilaginous fish with a rabbit-like headOther · Coasts and shelves

WorldSouthern stingray A large, flat whiptail ray of the Western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves

EuropeCommon stingray A venomous ray of Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1758

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Gafftopsail catfish: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, source
Chimaeras: Linda Snook / MBNMS, Public domain, source
Yellow stingray: Chris Spain, CC0, source
Bat ray: Martin Holst Friborg Pedersen, CC BY 2.0, source
Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mangrove whipray: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Cowtail stingray: Julien Willem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Rabbit fish: MAREANO/Havforskingsinstituttet, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Southern stingray: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEF, Public domain, source
Common stingray: Chris Taklis, CC BY 4.0, source

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