Stingray Anatomy

Stingray any of a number of flat bodied rays noted for the long sharp spines on their tails. The tail is where the stingers are located.

Diagram Of A Whiptail Stingray By Andy Murch Baby Stingray

Stingrays are a flat bodied cartilaginous fish with one or more barbed stingers located midway on the tail.

Stingray anatomy. They accomplish this by maintaining concentrations of organic solutes namely urea and an enzyme called trimethylamine oxide or tmao within their bodies. Females typically reach 28 inches 71 cm in width and weigh 36 pounds 16 kg. Although urea is toxic to fish the tmao counteracts the protein de stablizing effects of urea.

Stingrays are members of the group of fish that also includes sharks and skates. Their pectoral fins can grow up to a total width of 79 inches which they use to stir up the sandy ocean floor to either reveal crustaceans and small fish or bury themselves to hide from predators or prey. Stingrays are commonly found in the shallow coastal waters of temperate seas.

They spend the majority of their time inactive partially buried in sand often moving only with the sway of the tide. What makes rays unusual is that their wing like fins stretch out flat from their bodies making them look like a disc with a tail. 1 pelvic fins 2 caudal tubercles 3 stinger 4 dorsal fin 5 claspers 6 tail the venom of the stingray has been relatively unstudied due to the mixture of venomous tissue secretions cells and mucous membrane cell products that occurs upon secretion from the spinal blade.

They normally live in coastal tropical and subtropical marine waters making it possible for them to come in contact with humans. A stingrays eyes are on the dorsal side of the body topupper side. These diamond shaped rays are olive brown to green grey on top and creamy white underneath.

Freshwater stingray morphology physiology. The stingray has a very interesting shape to it. Sharks and rays have skeletons made of flexible cartilage instead of bone.

They inhabit warm temperate and tropical waters sometimes in great abundance. Cownose rays grow rapidly and male rays often reach about 35 inches 89 cm in width and weigh 26 pounds 12 kg. Stingrays have an anatomy composed of a flattened body and on their body consists of pectoral fins joined to their head and trunk with their tail behind.

The cownose ray is classified as a stingray due to the very close relation to both sharks and skates. The venom is very strong in the stingers and it could result in a person becoming very ill or even dying. The body is flat and they feature a tail that is long and thin.

Posterior anatomy of a stingray. On the underside of the stingray lies the mouth nostrils and gill slits. Stingrays are disk shaped and have flexible tapering tails armed in most species with one or more saw edged venomous spines.

2 Basic Internal Anatomy Of The Brown Stingray Dasyatis