Pitted stingray

Dasyatis matsubarai

Dasyatis matsubarai is a Stechrochenart and lives off the coast of the main Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in the Sea of ​​Japan.

Features

Dasyatis matsubarai reaches a slice width of 1.2 m. It has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc is much wider than long and wide rounded on the sides, runs towards the muzzle at a shallow angle. The whip-like tail is usually about as long as the disk is broad and bears one to three poisonous sting of about 7 cm in length on the top. The top of the disc is dark gray, with many small pores can be found with a white border on the back. The underside is white with a dark gray border strip that is wider towards the tail. Near the edge of the strip he has numerous, irregular, dark gray dots.

Way of life

The Rays holds typically near the coast in depths of 40 to 60 m, but also occasionally penetrates into the open sea. Little is known about his life. He is probably ovoviviparous, like most species of the genus. It is often introduced by Japanese coastal fishermen with gillnet or longline by-catch and marketed. Stock numbers are still virtually no prior result, its conservation status is assessed by the IUCN with DD (data deficit ).