''Dasyatis ushiei'', the cow stingray or Ushi stingray, is a species of stingray known from a single specimen. Based on the single specimen, its range includes at least

Mikawa Bay Mikawa Bay (Landsat photo) Mikawa Bay (三河湾 ''Mikawa-wan'') is a bay to the south of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, surrounded by Chita Peninsula The Chita Peninsula (知多半島 ''Chita Hantō'') is a peninsula to the south of Aichi Prefect ...

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. Due to the limited knowledge of its biology and extent of capture in fisheries, this species is assessed as Data Deficient in 2007. Molecular data from 2012 has confirmed that this species is a population of the

Broad stingray The broad stingray (''Bathytoshia lata''), also known as the brown stingray or Hawaiian stingray, is a species of stingray in the family (biology), family Dasyatidae. They range across the Indo-Pacific from southern Africa to Hawaii, and are the ...

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