Estuary stingray

Dasyatis fluviorum

Dasyatis fluviorum is a Stechrochenart and lives in estuaries and mangroves of Queensland and New South Wales in eastern Australia.

Features

Dasyatis fluviorum has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disk, which is very rounded on the sides. It reaches a wheel width of 93 and a length of 120 cm and weighs a maximum of about 6 kg. The top is yellow-brown to green- brown, darker at the edges lighter towards the tail. The underside is white.

Way of life

The Ray lives in shallow water marine and brackish water of river mouths between Forster and Proserpine at the ostaustralischen coast. Occasionally he penetrates into freshwater areas of rivers. Even if it is made ​​out to be to eat oysters and other shellfish breeding, it feeds mainly on small crabs and Vielborstern. Dasyatis fluviorum is ovoviviparous, the young animals have at birth a slice width of 11 and a length of about 35 cm.