Coastal Fishes of Sao Tome and Principe islands, Gulf of Guinea (Eastern Atlantic Ocean) - an update. Author Peter Wirtz Author Carlos Eduardo L. Ferreira Author Sergio R. Floeter Author Ronald Fricke Author Joao Luiz Gasparini Author Tomio Iwamoto Author Luiz Rocha Author Claudio L. S. Sampaio Author Ulrich K. Schliewen text Zootaxa 2007 1523 1 48 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2202520B-A3E7-492D-A932-14463CD6DAF9 journal article z01523p001 2202520B-A3E7-492D-A932-14463CD6DAF9 Dasyatis aff. hastata DeKay, 1842 A photograph taken by Jean Louis Testori near Pedra da Gale , Principe Island, shows a species very similar to the western Atlantic Dasyatis hastata DeKay, 1842 . Bernard Seret (pers. comm. to PW in May 2006) wrote that this stingray is probably a similar but distinct species.