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Pelagic stingray

Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Ku linnya: The scientific name comes from Greek words meaning 'wing' or 'fin', 'broad' and 'stingray', plus the Latin for 'purple', which refers to its colour.1
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa KibojjaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The pelagic stingray is a ray that lives in the open ocean rather than on the sea floor, which sets it apart from almost all other stingrays. It is found in warm waters around much of the world. It can give a severe sting with its tail spine, so it matters most to people who work on fishing boats.1

Kibeera mu
Worldwide in warm tropical to warm-temperate ocean waters, between about 52°N and 50°S1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani
Awaka
It lives in the open ocean, usually in surface waters down to about 100 m over deep water. It prefers water warmer than 19 °C and moves seasonally with warm water masses. People most often meet it as bycatch on fishing boats.1
Obuwanvu
1,3 m (4,3 ft)1
Obuzito
49 kg (108 lb)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 21 km/h (13 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is an active hunter that wraps its pectoral fins around prey and moves it to its mouth. It eats crustaceans, squid and octopus, bony fishes such as herring and mackerel, jellyfish and comb jellies, and polychaete worms.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Pelagic stingray
Pelagic stingray. Ekifaananyi: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • The pectoral fin disc is a thick, wedge-shaped wing that is about one-third wider than it is long.1
  • It is a plain dark purple to blue-green above, with a slightly lighter shade below.1
  • The tail is whip-like, up to twice as long as the disc, with an extremely long, serrated spine about a third to halfway along it.1
  • Young rays are smooth-skinned, and small prickles and thorns appear with age.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom is on the tail spine and is quite potent, which is why other fishes avoid it.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

It is rarely encountered except by fishery workers. Its tail spine can inflict a severe wound that can be fatal.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When captured and handled, it releases a thick black mucus that covers its body, and its tail spine delivers venom.1

Bwe kibojja

  • Teeka ekiwundu mu mazzi agookya, agookya nga omuntu bw'asobola okugumiikiriza nga tegamwokya (gagezese n'omukono gwo), okumala eddakiika 30 okutuuka ku 90. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo, naddala ku stonefish ne stingray.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Pelagic stingray kiwanvu nga 1,3 m (4,3 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)

Kizitowa kyenkana wa?

kizitowa nga mbwa 2,5
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 7 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 8,6

Pelagic stingray kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

It is the only stingray that almost exclusively lives in the open ocean rather than on the sea floor.1

2

Instead of rippling the edges of its disc like other stingrays, it swims by flapping its pectoral fins, similar to eagle rays.1

3

Both sexes have pointed teeth, which is unusual among stingrays. Only the teeth of adult males are longer and sharper.1

4

Females can store sperm inside their bodies for more than a year, waiting for good conditions before their young develop.1

5

A captive female reached 94 cm across and 49 kg, the largest individual on record from a rearing experiment.1

6

Oceanic whitetip sharks, great white sharks and toothed whales prey on it.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Dasyatidae2
Ensengeka
Myliobatiformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
It gives birth to live young. Females may bear two litters of 4 to 13 pups per year after a gestation of 2 to 4 months.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Least Concern1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Pelagic stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pteroplatytrygon violacea (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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