Reproduction. Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) mating. In the image you can see a female (already pregnant) surrounded and "harassed" by several males. Fish from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Image size: 7043x4700 pixels (23.5"x15.7" @300dpi)

Shooting date : 2022-05-27

Keywords

Species / Species particularity / Fishes particularity / Saltwater fish

Species / Reproduction / Sexual reproduction / Mating

World sea and ocean / Atlantic Ocean / North Atlantic Ocean / Macaronesia

May

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Fish (animal) / Cartilaginous fish / Elasmobranchii / Ray / Stingray / Stingray (Dasyatis sp) / Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Data Deficient (IUCN) DD

Area / Marine area / Sea bottom / Sedimentary bottom

Europe / European Union / Spain / Canary Islands archipelago / Tenerife

Individual / Female / Pregnant female

Area / Naturalness / Natural area

Shot / Underwater shot

Shot / Overview

Species / Species particularity / Risky species / Venemous species

Motion / Locomotion / Swim

Matter (substance) / Mineral matter / Sand

Enumeration / Group

Individual / Male

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Enumeration / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Chondrichthyes / Elasmobranchii / Euselachii / Batoidea / Myliobatiformes / Dasyatidae / Dasyatis

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