Pelagic stingray

Pelagic Stingray ( Pteroplatytrygon violacea )

The pelagic stingray ( Pteroplatytrygon violacea ) is a little-known skate which occurs probably widespread in almost all tropical and subtropical seas. Sightings or catches, there are, among others, from the coast of the southern Mediterranean, from Sicily, from Cape Verde in the eastern Atlantic, from the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific from Vancouver, the coast of California, Baja California and the Galapagos Islands.

Features

The pelagic stingray is a maximum of 1.60 meters long, with a body disc diameter of 59 cm. He usually stays at a length of 1.10 meters. The body plate is thick and has the shape of a rhombus rounded at the front. It is solid color, crimson, purple or dark blue colored green on the top and the bottom, without any pattern, and bears no spines. The eyes do not protrude. The long tail is shorter than twice the body length disc and carries a low tail that ends well before the tail tip. The tail usually wears a very long sting.

Way of life

Little is known about the life of the Pelagie stingrays. He lives in the open ocean at depths of one to a maximum of 380 meters, usually up to 100 meters deep. He's probably the only fully representative of the pelagic stingray. It feeds on jellyfish, comb jellies, cephalopods, pelagic crustaceans and fishes. Like all Stingray is the Pelagic Stingray ovoviviparous.