Odd Stingless Stingrays Discovered in Amazon

[Vicious_Fish]

Odd Stingless Stingrays Discovered in Amazon


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...ays-new-species-amazon-science-animals-water/


I thought you guys might enjoy this. Sorry if it's a repost.

 

[Liquidplants]

Interesting ... cool looking X-ray of a ray =]

 

[ShadowStryder]

Nice article, just goes to show whats still there to be discovered before all the river ways are
damned and whole species are wiped out before we even knew they existed.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Very interesting!

And now there's a ray for people afraid of getting stung.

 

[Gbusiness]

Interesting

 

[Superlaz]

So not 'StingRays'....just 'Ray'

 

[PeterRogl]

Here is a little preview, the new genus is called Heliotrygon, the last years these animals were known as China or Ceja Rays.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02776p048f.pdf

 

[scott s]

Man!!! I wish they would think before the go damming up the Amazon. It's a huge river system with many tributaries, but won't take a whole lot to ruin it. There goes the fish trade!?

 

[busterbrown]

pretty sweet lookin ray