polarpooch
Active Member
Saw an amazing ray at LFS today...but no one there had any idea what its scientific name was. Hmmm... It was called a "Pacific Black Stingray". I googled it, but no luck. This is not my favorite LFS--not everyone there knows what they're talking about. A clerk told me it was a small-variety stingray and very hardy (couldn't tell me HOW small--or large for that matter!). True? Any info on these animals??
It is spectacular. It is shaped EXACTLY like a blue spot ribbontail, only jet black. I found a pic of an oval stingaree (also jet black) in Scott Michael's "Aquarium Sharks and Rays", but it didn't look the same as the one I saw. I did find info on the "Pacific Stingray"--which gets way too large (something like a 3 ft. disc--yikes!). Am upgrading my ray tank this spring and would like to add another small ray--this one is very intruiging and simply gorgeous. But if it's just a black colored blue spot ribbontail, or that giant, forget it!
It is spectacular. It is shaped EXACTLY like a blue spot ribbontail, only jet black. I found a pic of an oval stingaree (also jet black) in Scott Michael's "Aquarium Sharks and Rays", but it didn't look the same as the one I saw. I did find info on the "Pacific Stingray"--which gets way too large (something like a 3 ft. disc--yikes!). Am upgrading my ray tank this spring and would like to add another small ray--this one is very intruiging and simply gorgeous. But if it's just a black colored blue spot ribbontail, or that giant, forget it!