Yellow stingray
The yellow stingray is a small ray that lives on the sandy, muddy or seagrass bottoms of shallow coastal waters in the western Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. It spends much of the day buried under sand or lying still. It can sting with a venomous spine on its tail, but it usually ignores divers unless it is stepped on or provoked.1

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no
- Nearly round pectoral fin disc with a short tail and a small, leaf-shaped tail fin.1
- Pattern of spots and blotches, either light on dark or dark on light, which varies a lot between individuals.1
- Can quickly change the tone and contrast of its colour to match its surroundings.1
- Underside is yellowish, greenish or brownish white, with small darker spots near the edge of the disc and the tail.1
- A serrated spine sits about halfway along the tail.1
Bɔre ahoɔden
Bɔre fi ne dua ano nsɔe (stinger) mu ba.
Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?
The tail spine is coated in potent venom. The wound it causes is extremely painful, but it is seldom life-threatening.1
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.It is not aggressive towards people. It injures people only when it is stepped on or otherwise provoked, and the resulting wound is very painful but seldom life-threatening.1
Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?
When threatened it mostly stays still, buried under sediment or lying in vegetation, and if stepped on or provoked it defends itself with its tail spine.1
Sɛ ɛwɔ a
- Fa kuro no hyɛ nsuo hyew mu, ɛnyɛ hyew sene deɛ onipa no betumi agyina a ɛnhye no (fa wo ankasa wo nsa sɔ hwɛ), simma 30 kɔsi 90. Hwehwɛ dɔkota mmoa, titiriw ma stonefish ne stingray.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ baako wɔ wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
Wiase mu baabi bɛn?
Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?
Ne tenten te sɛn?
ne tenten te sɛ kwadu 4 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ mu
ɛbɛtumi aguare aguare tare kɛseɛ tenten (50 m) wɔ anibu 13 muYellow stingray kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?
Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.
Ne ntɛm te sɛn?
Nsɛm
It glows green when lit by blue or ultraviolet light, a effect called biofluorescence that may help it communicate and camouflage itself.1
It can raise the front of its disc to form a shaded 'cave' that draws in small creatures looking for shelter.1
Off Jamaica, up to one yellow stingray per square metre gathers under mangrove roosts used by cattle egrets, possibly because bird droppings feed the small animals that attract the rays.1
Its eyes give it a 360° view of its surroundings, and each eye has a covering that controls how much light enters.1
It can live for 15 to 25 years.1
Atosɛm sɛefoɔ
Atosɛm: Stingrays attack people in the water.
Nokorɛ: Yellow stingrays generally pay little attention to divers and can be approached closely. They only sting when they are stepped on or otherwise provoked.1
Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Urobatis jamaicensis
- Kuo
- Apataa a wɔwɔ bɔre
- Abusua
- Urotrygonidae2
- Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
- Myliobatiformes
- Asaase akɛseɛ
- Atlantic Po, Caribbean Po, Mexico Ɛpo Ano, Po akɛseɛ
- Mmofra nketewa
- It gives birth to live young, with litters of up to seven. Females have two litters a year in seagrass beds after a gestation period of 5–6 months.1
- Mfeɛ a ɔtena ase
- bɛyɛ mfeɛ 251
- Sɛdeɛ ɔte wɔ kwaem
- Least Concern1
- Asiane ma nnipa
- 2 / 5: Ɛyɛ yaw3
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Yellow stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Urobatis jamaicensis (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
Nsɛm biara a ɛwɔ kratafa yi so wɔ nɔma a ɛkyerɛ ne fibea. Sɛ yɛfom biribi a, kafra, yɛyɛ mmoa ho akɔnnɔfoɔ, ɛnyɛ nyansahu nwoma. Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected] na yɛbɛsiesie.
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