Johnny Jensen, Dänemark
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(Lesueur, 1824)
Johnny Jensen has kindly provided us with a picture of an Atlantic stingray just emerging from the water.
This rather small ray is found in coastal waters including estuaries, lagoons and also freshwater rivers (Indian River Lagoon, Florida) between the Chesapeake Bay and Mexico.
The ray, which lives in shallow water over sandy and muddy bottoms, feeds on benthic animals, but does not shy away from the highly stinging cylinder roses.
A special characteristic is its prominent, triangular snout, its body surface is brown to yellowish-brown, towards the edge of the disc the colors become significantly lighter, the underside of the animal is white.
Occurrence: As the location of occurrence "USA" is very vague, we have selected the states on whose coasts the ray occurs: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia).
Inhabits coastal waters, including estuaries and lagoons.
Feeds on benthic invertebrates.
Prominent triangular snout.
Color: Upper surface brown or yellowish brown, paler toward margins of disc, lower surface white.
Synonyms:
Amphotistius sabinus (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted
Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted
Desyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Trygon sabina Lesueur, 1824 · unaccepted
If you want to find out about the size of rays in specialist literature, usually written in English, you will often come across two abbreviations that ultimately mean the same thing: DW or WD.
If you look at FishBase, WoRMS or first descriptions of rays, you will find these abbreviations.
The total length including shoal is only rarely given, the TL.
Caution:
People have already died from stingray bites, including the well-known Australian documentary filmmaker, adventurer and zoo director of the Australian Zoo, Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter" from Australia in 2006.
Even if the sting injuries are not fatal, the sting causes extremely painful and deep wounds in any case, and there is also a risk of parts of the sting breaking off in the wound and subsequent surgery becoming necessary.
The situation becomes particularly dramatic if toxins enter the body via the sting.
Occasionally beach visitors accidentally step on stingrays, some of which are buried in the sand near the beach, resulting in a painful, serious wound to the foot, so always wear bathing shoes as a minimum.
Snorkelers and divers should never swim over stingrays lying on the bottom, as the stingray can quickly fling its muscular, whip-like tail around and stab in defense.
In any case, seek medical attention immediately or seek immediate transportation to the nearest hospital.
Johnny Jensen has kindly provided us with a picture of an Atlantic stingray just emerging from the water.
This rather small ray is found in coastal waters including estuaries, lagoons and also freshwater rivers (Indian River Lagoon, Florida) between the Chesapeake Bay and Mexico.
The ray, which lives in shallow water over sandy and muddy bottoms, feeds on benthic animals, but does not shy away from the highly stinging cylinder roses.
A special characteristic is its prominent, triangular snout, its body surface is brown to yellowish-brown, towards the edge of the disc the colors become significantly lighter, the underside of the animal is white.
Occurrence: As the location of occurrence "USA" is very vague, we have selected the states on whose coasts the ray occurs: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia).
Inhabits coastal waters, including estuaries and lagoons.
Feeds on benthic invertebrates.
Prominent triangular snout.
Color: Upper surface brown or yellowish brown, paler toward margins of disc, lower surface white.
Synonyms:
Amphotistius sabinus (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted
Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted
Desyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Trygon sabina Lesueur, 1824 · unaccepted
If you want to find out about the size of rays in specialist literature, usually written in English, you will often come across two abbreviations that ultimately mean the same thing: DW or WD.
If you look at FishBase, WoRMS or first descriptions of rays, you will find these abbreviations.
The total length including shoal is only rarely given, the TL.
Caution:
People have already died from stingray bites, including the well-known Australian documentary filmmaker, adventurer and zoo director of the Australian Zoo, Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter" from Australia in 2006.
Even if the sting injuries are not fatal, the sting causes extremely painful and deep wounds in any case, and there is also a risk of parts of the sting breaking off in the wound and subsequent surgery becoming necessary.
The situation becomes particularly dramatic if toxins enter the body via the sting.
Occasionally beach visitors accidentally step on stingrays, some of which are buried in the sand near the beach, resulting in a painful, serious wound to the foot, so always wear bathing shoes as a minimum.
Snorkelers and divers should never swim over stingrays lying on the bottom, as the stingray can quickly fling its muscular, whip-like tail around and stab in defense.
In any case, seek medical attention immediately or seek immediate transportation to the nearest hospital.
