Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832).
Pelagic Stingray. To at least 80 cm (31.4 in) DW (Weigman 2016) in marine waters, and to 96 cm (37.8 in) DW in captivity (Mollet et al. 2002); 163 cm (64.2 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to southern Kuril Islands (Savinykh 1998); British Columbia (Peden and Jamieson 1988) to Baja California to central Chile (Ebert 2003), and Islas Galápagos (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Depth: surface to 381 m (1,250 ft) over deep water (min.: Love et al. 2005; max.: Mundy 2005).