Ray ID 4 me.
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definitely an orb once the bagged shots were added.
barberking, teacup is NOT a morph type. it is a generic term used to label any small low priced stingray that is imported without prior knowledge from south america. retics, hystrix, scobina, orbs, and even motoros have all been labelled teacup at one point or another. it is an old term that doesn't correctly describe ANY ray morph and it's is people like you that help keep it around being completely ignorant to this fact. it is not something that needs to keep being used. none of these rays even stay remotely close to small enough to fit in aquariums under 180gallons and often require much larger ones. teacup my ass!
shut up. you think you kno everything i kno they dont stay small so shut up and mind ur business i never said what size tank they could go in or anything and dont call me ignorant .im getting tired of people on here thinking they kno everything i dont mind takeing advice but calling peple ignorant aint cool bro all i did was add my opinion with the pics that were given
and you say im ignorant when the biggest ray vendors out there use that term and i never heard of anyone labeling motors or hystrix as teacups
And another good thread gone bad. We need to tone down the corrective tone we use with those still learning,
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Looks like an orbignyi to me with the eyebrow markings. Nice pattern though. Who knows what it will look like when it grows up so keep it and enjoy long term.
By the way I have seen many different rays come in as teacup rays, orbs, retics, yepezi, motoros, and castexi. I am sure if I have seen these then others are possible too. Fact is that many of these dealers are less educated about what something is then we are. We love this stuff, they love making money off this stuff. They take what it is sold to them as................ and they pass it along with the same name. I get much of my stuff from one of the largest wholesalers in the south and there is constantly misidentified stuff. Sometimes in my favor, sometimes in theirs, most the time it is a wash. Bottom line we need better ids on all of these fish and the only way that is done is with real scientists discovering where the species lines are drawn and making reliable id books and papers for all of us. Sorry for the derail but fact is we all need to check our egos at the door. You know how you know someone is an expert. It's when they tell you they don't know everything.
By the way I have seen many different rays come in as teacup rays, orbs, retics, yepezi, motoros, and castexi. I am sure if I have seen these then others are possible too. Fact is that many of these dealers are less educated about what something is then we are. We love this stuff, they love making money off this stuff. They take what it is sold to them as................ and they pass it along with the same name. I get much of my stuff from one of the largest wholesalers in the south and there is constantly misidentified stuff. Sometimes in my favor, sometimes in theirs, most the time it is a wash. Bottom line we need better ids on all of these fish and the only way that is done is with real scientists discovering where the species lines are drawn and making reliable id books and papers for all of us. Sorry for the derail but fact is we all need to check our egos at the door. You know how you know someone is an expert. It's when they tell you they don't know everything.
