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Giant freshwater stingray

Urogymnus polylepis
Ci turam: The scientific name polylepis comes from the Greek words for 'many' and 'scales'.1
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye jam laaj na doktoor.
Jën yu am daŋar Dafay jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The giant freshwater stingray is a large ray that lives in big rivers and estuaries in Southeast Asia and Borneo. It is the widest freshwater fish in the world, and it is now endangered because of fishing and habitat loss. It has a long, whip-like tail with a sharp spine near the base.1

Dafay dund ci
Large rivers and estuaries of Indochina (such as the Mekong and Chao Phraya) and Borneo1
Asi
Kër
It lives on the sandy or muddy bottom of large rivers and their estuaries. It is sometimes found near heavily populated urban areas, and individuals are often seen at the edge of the river.1
Guddaay
5 m (16 ft)1
Diisaay
300 kg ba 600 kg (661 lb ba 1323 lb)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 30 km/h (19 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats small fishes and invertebrates such as crustaceans and molluscs that live on the bottom. It finds them using electroreceptors, which sense the weak electrical signals of living animals.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Giant freshwater stingray
Giant freshwater stingray. Foto: BEDO (Thailand). CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Plain grayish brown on top, often with a yellowish or pinkish tint towards the fin edges1
  • White underside with broad dark bands on the rear edges of the pectoral and pelvic fins1
  • Thin, whip-like tail that is black behind the spine and has no fin folds1
  • Sharply pointed snout that projects beyond the disc1
  • A single serrated stinging spine on the upper tail near its base, up to 38 cm long1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Similar freshwater stingrays in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia were once tentatively grouped with this species. Some of them, such as the Australian Urogymnus dalyensis, are now described as separate species.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its sting is sheathed in toxic mucus. The sting is capable of piercing bone.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The giant freshwater stingray is not aggressive. Its sting is strong enough to pierce bone and is coated in toxic mucus, so it should be treated with care.1

Su jamee

  • Teg gaañu-gaañu bi ci ndox mu tàng, lu nit ki mën a muñ waaye bu dul ko lakk (seetal ko ak sa loxo), diir bu dale 30 ba 90 minit. Wutal ndimbal doktoor, rawatina ci jënu-doj ak raie.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Giant freshwater stingray guddaayam lu tollu ci 5 m (16 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)Ab bis ci biir dëkk lu tollu ci 12 m (39 ft)

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 30 xaj
guddu na ni 5 xaj, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 28 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 6 segond

Giant freshwater stingray ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

In June 2022, a specimen caught in the Mekong River was reported as the largest strict freshwater fish ever documented, at about 300 kg.1

2

It is the widest freshwater fish in the world, growing up to 2.2 m across.1

3

Its tail spine is up to 38 cm long, the largest of any stingray species.1

4

Pups are nourished in the womb by a milk-like substance called histotroph, or 'uterine milk', made by the mother.1

5

In Cambodia, the average weight of a landed ray fell from 23.2 kg in 1980 to 6.9 kg in 2006.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Urogymnus polylepis
Mbooloo
Jën yu am daŋar
Njaboot
Dasyatidae2
Toftal
Myliobatiformes
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Liir yi
It gives birth to live young. Females have litters of one to four pups, each about 30 cm across at birth.1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Endangered (IUCN overall); Critically Endangered in Thailand1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Giant freshwater stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Urogymnus polylepis (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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