The ray you are showing Bruce kinda resembles a tiger ray, Look at the size of the gill and the pattern. She might have some type of relation to the tiger ray family. But those bump/worts are nasty looking. If im right Frank has a thread on his site when he removed one off of his pearl so you might want to ask him what those bumps might be caused by, cause in my opinion those are not normal. kinda seems like fish lice have dug into the skin and now they are infected or something.
If this isnt a Constellarta
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All the rays that i have seen, on german forums, that has been discribed as constellata had spots.. Not stripes/rings like yours.. Its not a constellata..
Link 1: http://www.raubwelse.de/galerie/rochen/r067.htm
Link 2: http://rochen.chapso.de/potamotrygon-constellata-s236373.html
Link 3: http://www.cichlidenwelt.de/wbb/thread.php?threadid=5511
The constellata is down the page on link 3.. But they all have spots.. Though constellata is just a name.. Could be anything..
Link 1: http://www.raubwelse.de/galerie/rochen/r067.htm
Link 2: http://rochen.chapso.de/potamotrygon-constellata-s236373.html
Link 3: http://www.cichlidenwelt.de/wbb/thread.php?threadid=5511
The constellata is down the page on link 3.. But they all have spots.. Though constellata is just a name.. Could be anything..
That is definitely what is described as Potamotrygon Constellata, and it is one of the very few in captivity..
It is distinguished by the denticles placed around the exterior of the disc margin, which is a very unique and easily identifiable characteristic.. could almost classify it as another family of it's own.
Whether the pattern has stripes, spots, blue polka dots, or squiggly question mark patterns, the morphological characteristics are what define the species..
The boss got one right.. but the denticles make it super obvious and if he can read then the aqualog clearly describes this species..
If you do an MFK search for Constellata you can find the thread I brought up some while ago about discussion on this species.. would be nice if this title was spelled correctly so that the search engine would provide these pix as well..
It is distinguished by the denticles placed around the exterior of the disc margin, which is a very unique and easily identifiable characteristic.. could almost classify it as another family of it's own.
Whether the pattern has stripes, spots, blue polka dots, or squiggly question mark patterns, the morphological characteristics are what define the species..
The boss got one right.. but the denticles make it super obvious and if he can read then the aqualog clearly describes this species..
If you do an MFK search for Constellata you can find the thread I brought up some while ago about discussion on this species.. would be nice if this title was spelled correctly so that the search engine would provide these pix as well..
mmmm i have seen them called pineapple rays before because of the lumps
if its the same ray their was one for sale in a shop that was closing down for £200 can rember the name of the shop right now
it shut down a few years ago
if its the same ray their was one for sale in a shop that was closing down for £200 can rember the name of the shop right now
it shut down a few years ago
Almost looks like this P. cf. "Yepezi" from Peru.. wonder if they turn into what is considered P. Constellata with age?
Miles;1687618; said:
The rays that i posted links to had those bumps to.. thats prob why they where listed as Constellata in the first place.. But the two types dosent look anything alike.. I think it some kind of dease.. or maby some type of deformatys.. That could also explain why we dont see thease bumps so often.. Because is a rare desease or deformaty.. But saying that they are a new species/group just because they have some deformatys is crazy.. And again, they dont look anything alike..?
Just rembemer what the mantilla turned out to be, just another hybrid.. Its the same with this one..
I have postet some pics so you can see what i am talking about. This animal has the same warts on its disc and
tail.. Its a decease/deformaty, not a new species or group..
The 1st pic is not a constellata, but just a big ray with small denticles.. Frank has a Motoro with that situation..
The 2nd pic looks like a constellata, because of the denticles
Not sure if it's a disease or not but I do believe it's classified scientifically as a distinct species..
The 2nd pic looks like a constellata, because of the denticles
Not sure if it's a disease or not but I do believe it's classified scientifically as a distinct species..
