Common stingray
The common stingray is a flat, diamond-shaped ray that lives on sandy or muddy seabeds in shallow coastal waters. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has a venomous spine on its tail, which can give a very painful sting.1

Como recoñecelo
- Diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc that is slightly wider than it is long1
- Plain colour: solid grey, brown, reddish or olive-green above, and whitish below with dark fin edges1
- Mostly smooth skin; the largest individuals have a row of bony knobs along the middle of the back1
- Slender, whip-like tail with a serrated venomous spine about a third of the way along it1
Adoita confundirse con: The blue stingray of southern Africa was once thought to be a variant of this species, but it is a separate species. The common stingray lacks the blue markings of the blue stingray. Tortonese's stingray of the Mediterranean is similar, and the difference between the two is poorly understood.1
Poder da pezoña
A pezoña sae por un ferrete.
Que fai a súa pezoña?
The venom comes from a gland at the base of a serrated tail spine. A sting causes an excruciatingly painful wound. It is rarely life-threatening.1
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha picadura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.The common stingray is not aggressive, but it can inflict a very painful wound with its tail spine. The wound is rarely life-threatening.1
Se pica
- Mete a ferida en auga quente, tan quente como a persoa poida aguantar sen queimarse (próbaa coa túa propia man), durante 30 a 90 minutos. Busca axuda médica, sobre todo no caso dos peixes pedra e das raias con ferrete.
Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos
Mantente a salvo
- Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
- Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
- Se un te pica: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.
Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo
En que lugar do mundo?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
mide coma 2,5 cans do fociño á cola
mide coma 14 bananas postas en fila
podería nadar o longo dunha piscina grande (50 m) en 9,5 segundosQue tamaño ten Common stingray comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.
Que rápido é?
Datos
The tail spine is replaced regularly, and a second or even third spine may be growing in behind the first.1
The largest recorded specimen was found in 2016 in İzmir Province, Turkey, with fins measuring 2.21 m across.1
Welsh fishermen once used its liver oil to treat burns and other injuries, and its liver is a delicacy in French cuisine.1
The oldest known wild individual was ten years old, but the species has lived up to 21 years in captivity.1
Desmontamitos
Mito: The stingray's spine could kill trees, pierce armour like an arrow, corrode iron and even dissolve stone, as some ancient writers claimed.
Verdade: The common stingray's wound is painful but rarely life-threatening. These ancient claims about its spine were legends.1
Para expertos en pezoñas
- Nome científico
- Dasyatis pastinaca
- Grupo
- Peixes pezoñentos
- Familia
- Dasyatidae2
- Orde
- Myliobatiformes
- Continentes
- Océano Atlántico, Mar Mediterráneo, Mar do Norte, Os océanos
- Crías
- It is aplacental viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young. Females bear 4–9 young twice a year in shallow inshore water, after a gestation period of four months.1
- Esperanza de vida
- uns 21 anos1
- Como lle vai na natureza
- Vulnerable1
- Perigo para as persoas
- 3 / 5: Grave3
De onde veñen os datos
- Common stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dasyatis pastinaca (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
- Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
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