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Smooth freshwater stingray

Fontitrygon garouaensis
Malunga negama: The species name garouaensis refers to Garoua, a city in Cameroon where the first known specimen was caught.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu UkuhlabaSitya: Izinambuzane
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Niger stingray is a flat, freshwater fish related to sea stingrays. It lives in a few large rivers in Nigeria and Cameroon in West Africa. Its long tail has a stinging spine that can cause a painful wound.1

Sihlala
Rivers in Nigeria and Cameroon, in West Africa1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives only in fresh water, in the Benue and lower Niger rivers, the lower Sanaga River and the Cross River. Waders in these rivers can be injured by its tail spine.1
Ubude
40 cm (1,3 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-15 km/h (9,3 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It feeds almost entirely on the aquatic young of mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies, and only rarely on true flies.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Nearly circular, flat body disk, about as wide as it is long1
  • Mostly smooth skin, with a small patch of tiny bumps at the centre of the back or none at all1
  • Plain brown or grey on top, paler towards the edge of the disk1
  • White underneath, with white-edged fins1
  • Whip-like tail with one or more stinging spines, grows to about 40 cm wide1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The tail spine can inflict a painful wound and is potentially injurious to people wading in its rivers.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • Faka inxeba emanzini ashushu, ashushu kangangoko umntu angakwazi ukunyamezela ngaphandle kokutshiswa (wavavanye ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 ukuya kwengama-90. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango, ingakumbi kwii-stonefish nakwii-stingray.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuhlaba: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Smooth freshwater stingray malunga ne-40 cm ubude (1,3 ft)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-2 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-12 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-12

U-Smooth freshwater stingray mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Local Hausa people call it kunaman ruwa, which means water scorpion.1

2

It is one of only two freshwater stingrays in Africa.1

3

Its electrical sense organs are smaller and simpler than those of sea stingrays, which suits life in fresh water.1

4

It is caught by accident and sold fresh or smoked as food.1

5

Males may live up to five years and females up to seven years.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Fontitrygon garouaensis
Iqela
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
Usapho
Dasyatidae2
Ucwangco
Myliobatiformes
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Iintsana
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop inside the mother and the young are born live.1
Ixesha lobomi
malunga neminyaka eyi-71
Imeko yaso endle
Critically Endangered1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Niger stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Fontitrygon garouaensis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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