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Kuhl's maskray

Neotrygon kuhlii
Mayelana negama: The 'maskray' part of its name comes from the colour pattern around its eyes. 'Kuhl's' honours Heinrich Kuhl, who discovered it in Java, Indonesia.1
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela.
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi UkuhlabaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Kuhl's maskray is a flat, diamond-shaped stingray with green skin and blue spots. It lives on sandy and muddy seabeds in warm coastal waters from Indonesia to Japan and around most of Australia. Its tail has venomous spines, so it is important to know what it looks like and to keep a safe distance.1

Ihlala
Indonesia to Japan, most of Australia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, South Africa's east coast, India and much of Asian coastal waters1
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal
Ekhaya
It is usually found in waters less than 90 m deep, on sand and mudflats, and also near rocky coral reefs and seagrass beds. At high tide it moves into shallow lagoons and reef flats.1
Ubude
70 cm (2.3 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats shrimp, small bony fish, molluscs, crabs and worms. It pins its prey to the seabed with its fins, then crushes it with its plate-like teeth.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Kuhl's maskray
Kuhl's maskray. Isithombe: Elias Levy. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Flat, diamond-shaped (rhomboid) body that is dark green with blue spots1
  • Light white underside1
  • Very short snout with an angular disc1
  • Bright yellow eyes1
  • Long tail, about twice the length of the body, with two venomous spines at its base, one large and one medium in size1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It is often confused with the blue-spotted ribbontail ray, which is common in aquaria. The ribbontail has a rounded body, brighter green colouring and more vivid spots. Kuhl's maskray is larger.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The venom contains serotonin, 5' nucleotidase and phosphodiesterase. These are active compounds that act on the body's tissues.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

It is very venomous. Its barb can be about 30 cm long.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Its bright colouring warns predators of its venomous spines. It buries itself in sand to hide from predators.1

Uma sihlaba

  • Faka inxeba emanzini ashisayo, ashisa ngendlela umuntu angakwazi ukuyibekezelela ngaphandle kokusha (yihlole ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 kuya kwengama-90. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha, ikakhulukazi kuma-stonefish nama-stingray.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuhlaba: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Kuhl's maskray ubude obucishe bube ngu-70 cm (2.3 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-4 abalandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-12

Kuhl's maskray mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Large sharks such as hammerhead sharks prey on it. A hammerhead pins it down with its head while the ray is in shock and much weaker.1

2

Its tail is about twice as long as its body and carries two venomous spines.1

3

Unlike most stingrays, which bury themselves to hunt, Kuhl's maskray buries itself in sand only to hide from predators.1

4

Its skin is used to make drums, such as the Arab and Turkish darbuka goblet drum and the riq tambourine.1

5

Two short peptides found in its hydrolysed proteins have shown protective effects against the oxidation of lipids, DNA and proteins. They may be useful as functional food ingredients or nutraceuticals.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Neotrygon kuhlii
Iqembu
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
Umndeni
Dasyatidae2
Ukuhleleka
Myliobatiformes
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana
It gives birth to live young. The embryos develop inside eggs held in the mother's body and are fed by uterine fluid. A litter can have up to seven pups, each 15 to 33 cm long at birth.1
Isikhathi sokuphila
cishe iminyaka engu-131
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Kuhl's maskray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Neotrygon kuhlii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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