what is a teacup stingray?

[Slim2634]

i see them for sale alot and was wondering how big they get. any other information would be great too.

 

[rallysman]

It's a generic name for either a hystrix or retic usually (sometimes others)

 

[Honda12]

Yeah, histrix and reticulatas are ussually called teacup rays. But in general, any ray that is less than 6in in disk diameter is considered a tecup. Tecup really just refers to the size of the ray. But no real ray is named a teacup, it is just a common name.

 

[Slim2634]

oh that stinks, so there is no smaller rays that are freshwater and get less than a foot long (disc length)

 

[saganeer]

i bought one retic about a year ago it was sold to me as a teacup stingray and it doesn´t grow alot mine is about 7" w/o tail only disc. when i bought him was about 4" i feed him daily with forzen shrimps.

 

[reefraymaster]

the smallest freshwater stingray is a P. scobina it maxes out at 12-13" disk diameter you will still need a tank that is 18" wide to accomidate this ray when it is full grown. This ray seems eqasy to breed in captivity. Andreas ochs in europe has bred them

 

[Slim2634]

im getting a 180 in about a year, where do you get them?

 

[Honda12]

im getting a 180 in about a year, where do you get them?

Unfortunatly you get scobinas out of Brazil. So right now there is a ban on them. The only way of finding one at this point in time, is to find a long term captive, or a captive bred ones.

 

[JD7.62]

Dont want to hijack but what do scobinas look like? Ive seen several different rays labeled as scobina.