Do you know stingray ,? probably not familiar stingray following is a glimpse of stingrays that you may not know. Stingray is one of the cartilaginous fish, alike shark. They entered the suborder Myliobatoidei of Myliobatiformes, they consist of eight families: Plesiobatidae (stingray water inside), Hexatrygonidae (stingray sixgill), Urotrygonidae (light round), Urolophidae (stingarees), Dasyatidae (stingray whiptail), Gymnuridae ( ray butterfly), Potamotrygonidae (stingray river), and Myliobatidae (eagle rays).
Stingray spines are venomous stings that one or more of the tail, is used for self-defense. Stinger length can reach about 35 cm, the bottom has two fangs like grooves with venom glands. Stinger covered with a thin layer of skin where the toxins are concentrated, some members do not have a sting ray.
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Stingrays live in coastal marine waters of tropical and subtropical throughout the world, and there are also species found in warm temperate seas, such as Dasyatis thetidis, and is found in the deep sea, as Plesiobatis daviesi.
This now stingrays are not endangered, but in some species such as D. colarensis, Taeniura meyeni, D. garouaensis, and D. laosensis), conservation status makes them vulnerable or endangered in the IUCN.
Agency stingray and the average is very fortunate for them because they are easily able to hide themselves from the environment. They stir the sand and hide underneath.
Stingrays have eyes on top and while his mouth is on the underside, with this then stingrays can not see their prey, instead they use smell and electroreceptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) which is similar to a shark. Food stingray particularly mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish. At the mouth of a stingray, there are two strong canine.
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