Fish · La Saladita, Guerrero

Diamond Stingray

Hypanus dipterurus

Spanish: Raya diamante

Diamond Stingray (Hypanus dipterurus)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The diamond stingray (Dasyatis dipterura) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to northern Chile, and around the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands. This bottom-dweller generally inhabits sandy or muddy flats near rocky reefs and kelp forests, to a depth of 30 m (98 ft), though off Hawaii it may range considerably deeper. As its common name suggests, this species has an... Most often recorded in Jan.

TaxonomyChondrichthyes › Myliobatiformes › Dasyatidae
IUCN statusVulnerable (VU)
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records1,104 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2026 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Cite as: “Diamond Stingray (Hypanus dipterurus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/hypanus-dipterurus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.