Scientific Name	Hemitrygon laevigata			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Chu, 1960)	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	光魟	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	魟科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F055　Dasyatidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	光魟
Max Length	63 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	光土魟、魴仔
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Shanghai fish market, Dongfushan, and Huaniao, China
Synonyms	Dasyatis laevigatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；Nishida, K. and K. Nakaya 1990 Taxonomy of the genus Dasyatis (Elasmobranchia, Dasyatidae) from the North Pacific. NOAA Tech. Rept. NMFS 90:327-346.   朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Yantai stingray
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Disc rhomboid, wider than long. Snout produced, sharp at the end, 5 in body length. Eyes small. Spiracles equal eye, close behind it. Mouth small, waved, with three papillae at the bottom of the mouth Teeth small. Gill openings small, equidistant. Body smooth, without tubercles. One caudal spine on the tail. Tail whiplike, short, about 1.6 the length of body disc, with dermal fold below and a weaker one above behind the spine. Specimen in formalin dark-brown above. Under surface whitish, with gray margins. Tail.grayish.
habitats	Ovoviviparous.
Distribution	China, Taiwan.
Utility	NULL