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Ikhathuni ka-Xingu River ray
Inombolo 1251 kwezi-1 402

Xingu River ray

Potamotrygon leopoldi
Malunga negama: It is named in honour of King Leopold III of Belgium, who sponsored many scientific studies.1
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha.
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu UkuhlabaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The Xingu River ray is a freshwater stingray that lives only in the Xingu River basin in Brazil. It likes clear water over rocky riverbeds. It has a venomous spine in its tail, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Sihlala
Xingu River basin, Brazil (endemic)1
uMzantsi Melika
Ekhaya
It prefers clear waters with rocky bottoms in the Xingu River basin. It is sometimes kept in aquaria.1
Ubude
75 cm (2,5 ft)1
Ubunzima
20 kg (44 lb)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-15 km/h (9,3 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
Mature rays have jaws that become stiffer and more strongly mineralised with age, so they can eat hard-shelled invertebrates.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Xingu River ray
Xingu River ray. Ifoto: Photo by and (C)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Deeper black above than its relative P. henlei1
  • Fewer and larger yellowish-white spots on the upper side than P. albimaculata1
  • Underparts are mostly brownish-dusky1
  • Females grow larger than males1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is closely related to P. henlei from the Tocantins River basin and P. albimaculata from the Tapajós River basin, and they look similar. P. henlei has a large white centre on its underparts, while this species has mostly brownish-dusky underparts. P. albimaculata has more spots above, and they are smaller than the spots on this species.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom is held in a dentine spine on the tail. Its composition stays the same as the ray matures, but its toxicity decreases as the ray gets older.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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?

Xingu River ray malunga ne-75 cm ubude (2,5 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-5
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-12

U-Xingu River ray mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its venom toxicity drops as it gets older, while the venom's makeup stays the same.1

2

It can weigh up to 20 kg, which is very large for a freshwater stingray.1

3

As it matures, its jaws become stronger, which lets it eat hard-shelled invertebrates.1

4

Females grow larger than males.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Potamotrygon leopoldi
Iqela
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
Usapho
Potamotrygonidae2
Ucwangco
Myliobatiformes
Amazwekazi
uMzantsi Melika
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Xingu River ray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Potamotrygon leopoldi (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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