Red stingray

Dasyatis akajei

Dasyatis akajei is a ray species and lives in the Pacific Northwest of Thailand to the southern Japan. Reports of deposits are also of Fiji and Tonga.

Features

Can reach akajei Dasyatis a total length of 2 m and a width of 66 cm, but most adult animals are not more than 1 m. He has a pentagonal pectoral fins disk, which is slightly longer than wide. The front end of the disk is pointed and is formed by the triangular nose, the other corners are rounded. The eyes are highlighted in pedestals, behind them are roughly twice as large spray holes. There is a thick skin flap between the breathing holes. Said teeth are grouped in the upper and lower jaw, respectively in a manner quincunx pattern. Juveniles and females have rounded teeth, adult male tip. The tail is whip-like and 1 to 1.5 times as long as the disc. The back is of a reddish brown, changing over to the Flossensaum out in orange. The abdomen is orange-red. Like all stingrays she has a poisonous sting.

Way of life

The species lives on the continental shelf in the northwestern Pacific, preferably in shallow water over a sandy bottom, but also at greater depths. They feed on smaller fish such as Japanese sardine and crustaceans such as sand shrimp. Dasyatis akajei ovoviviparous, with litters of up to ten pups.