The New Zealand Site
« Back Send this photo as a postcard
Long-tailed Stingray
Poor Knights: Long-tailed Stingray
Dasyatus thetidis or whai. The tails can grow to be twice the length of the body. Short and long-tailed rays 'fly' through the water by flexing their wing edges in an undulating ripple, whereas Eagle rays 'flap' the whole wing.

January 2004