Dasyatis marmorata

{{Short description|Species of stingray}}

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| image = Dasyatis marmorata.001 - Aquarium Finisterrae.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Jabado, R.W. |author2=Chartrain, E. |author3=De Bruyne, G. |author4=Derrick, D. |author5=Dia, M. |author6=Diop, M. |author7=Doherty, P. |author8=El Vally, Y. |author9=Leurs, G.H.L. |author10=Meissa, B. |author11=Metcalfe, K. |author12=Seidu, I. |author13=Tamo, A. |author14=VanderWright, W.J. |author15=Williams, A.B. |year=2021 |title=Dasyatis marmorata |volume=2021 |page=e.T161748A124537991 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161748A124537991.en |access-date=4 February 2025}}

| genus = Dasyatis

| species = marmorata

| authority = (Steindachner, 1892)

| synonyms = {{species list

|Dasyatis chrysonota ssp. marmorata|(Steindachner, 1892)

|Trygon pastinaca ssp. marmorata|Steindachner, 1892}}

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Dasyatis marmorata, the marbled stingray, is a species of stingray of the family Dasyatidae. Its geographic range covers the central and south-eastern Atlantic, from Morocco to South Africa.{{Fishbase |Dasyatis|marmorata|id=8964}} It is also present in the coastal waters of southern Mediterranean Sea and the Levantine Basin.{{cite web|website=Guide of Mediterranean Skates and Rays |title=Dasyatis marmorata|date= October 2022|author= Mendez L.|author2= Bacquet A. |author3= F. Briand |url=http://www.ciesm.org/Guide/skatesandrays/Dasyatis-marmorata}}{{Cite journal |last1=Chatzispyrou |first1=Archontia |last2=Gubili |first2=Chrysoula |last3=Laiaki |first3=Maria |last4=Mantopoulou-Palouka |first4=Danai |last5=Kavadas |first5=Stefanos |date=2020-04-13 |title=First record of the marbled ray, Dasyatis marmorata (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae), from Greece (central Aegean Sea)|journal= Biodiversity Data Journal |volume=8|pages= e51100,Figure 2d |doi=10.3897/BDJ.8.e51100 |doi-access=free |pmid=32336926 |pmc=7170973 }} This bottom-dweller generally inhabits sandy or muddy flats near rocky reefs and kelp forests, to a depth of {{cvt|50|m|ft|-1}}.