Jordi Chias / Round ribbontail ray (Taeniura meyeni) South Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Round stingray (Taeniura grabata) swimming over rocks, Princesa Alice, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Pascal Kobeh / Round stingray (Taeniura grabata) laying on the sand and hiding in a cave, Canary Islands

Claudio Contreras / Crab trap with Cortez Stingray (Urobatis maculatus), Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, February

Claudio Contreras / Thorny round stingray (Urotrygon chilensis), Punta Maguey, Huatulco Bays National Park, southern Mexico.

Jordi Chias / Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) and Round ribbontail stingray (Taeniura meyeni) feeding at night, Felidhoo Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Franco Banfi / Round stingray (Taeniura grabata) Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / Yellow stingray (Urolophus / Urobatis jamaicensis), San Salvador Island / Colombus Island, Bahamas. Caribbean.

Pascal Kobeh / Close-up of the tail and the sting of a Round ribbontail ray (Taeniura meyeni) coast of Dhofar and Hallaniyat islands, Oman. Arabian Sea.

Pascal Kobeh / Cortez round stingray / Spotted round ray (Urobatis maculatus) Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Sea of Cortez.

Pascal Kobeh / Cortez round stingray / Spotted round ray (Urobatis maculatus) Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Sea of Cortez.

Pascal Kobeh / Cortez round stingray / spotted round ray (Urobatis maculatus) at night, Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Sea of Cortez.