I.D. these rays please
- Thread starter MATTCB
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I BELIEVE THOSE ARE WHAT ARE REFERRED TO AS "TEACUP RAYS". I NEVER DID HAVE ANY LUCK WITH THOSE RAYS.
I would say Reticulata.. could be some morph, but as common as 'teacup' retics are, that would be my guess.. They have a real nice pattern though.
Tiger Rays usually don't live through Importation at the 5-7" range.. and if they did, they would have an outragous price tag, and a LFS usually dosn't have that kind of overhead to work with. Definately not a tiger for these reasons, IMO.
Tiger Rays usually don't live through Importation at the 5-7" range.. and if they did, they would have an outragous price tag, and a LFS usually dosn't have that kind of overhead to work with. Definately not a tiger for these reasons, IMO.
I agree with David. You may have more than one type of ray there.
Possibilities........retic, flower, castexi.
Colin
Possibilities........retic, flower, castexi.
Colin
Most LFS are novice raykeepers, and they will order whatever ray is cheapest and will turn the biggest profit, and presents a reasonable price for the customers. Flowers and Castexis probably wouldn't fit this description..
I see atleast 3 different rays there, which if they were one of the rarer species, that would be a very EXPENSIVE order for a LFS. ie: 3-4 castexis even at wholesale will run you quite a few hundred bucks, and most LFS don't spend that kind of money on regular retail orders. (Maybe special orders..pre-sold, that kind of thing..)
The one ray where you can see just the rim of the disc on the left I would guess to be a humerosa or motoro 'peru' with the spotting, but not a Castexi.. They are too expensive to Export and Wholesale for a LFS to be dealing with on that kind of scale.. I really think they are some of the less expensive and small variety of rays. Not to mention, Castexis and Flowers are pretty hard to come by at that small of a size (larger species in the first place), especially 3-4 of em.. and usually if they are that small they are very skinny from neglect at wholesalers and purging from delivery, and show a pale nearly transparent disc, and these guys do not..
Retics with some real nice patterns is still my guess..
I see atleast 3 different rays there, which if they were one of the rarer species, that would be a very EXPENSIVE order for a LFS. ie: 3-4 castexis even at wholesale will run you quite a few hundred bucks, and most LFS don't spend that kind of money on regular retail orders. (Maybe special orders..pre-sold, that kind of thing..)
The one ray where you can see just the rim of the disc on the left I would guess to be a humerosa or motoro 'peru' with the spotting, but not a Castexi.. They are too expensive to Export and Wholesale for a LFS to be dealing with on that kind of scale.. I really think they are some of the less expensive and small variety of rays. Not to mention, Castexis and Flowers are pretty hard to come by at that small of a size (larger species in the first place), especially 3-4 of em.. and usually if they are that small they are very skinny from neglect at wholesalers and purging from delivery, and show a pale nearly transparent disc, and these guys do not..
Retics with some real nice patterns is still my guess..