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Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816)
Like sharks, rays are cartilaginous fish. Their flat build allows them to burrow right up to their eyes. The genus rays includes many species, such as trembling rays, thornback rays and stingrays, eagle rays and violin rays.
Hardly suitable for the home aquarium due to their size. There is one species that we describe that remains under 80 cm and is reasonably easy to care for. Rays can be kept with many fish, but should not be kept with large doctors, parrotfish or large wrasses.
These could annoy the ray so much that it dies. Large decorations are not necessary when keeping rays, on the contrary, they usually injure themselves on a stone structure.
Rays are predatory fish that feed on snails, mussels, worms and also smaller fish. In the aquarium, they will substitute mussels and fish meat, as well as earthworms, but also calf and beef heart and veal.
Rays usually have good defensive weapons. Some can deliver electric shocks (electric rays), others can cause severe wounds.
Rays are very defensive, which is why caution should always be exercised with them.
We would also ask you not to buy a ray just like that. If you want to keep these animals, you should think carefully about it and then choose a small ray. The aquarium must also be specially
If you want to find out about the size of rays in specialist literature, usually written in English, you will often come across two abbreviations that ultimately mean the same thing: DW or WD.
If you look at FishBase, WoRMS or first descriptions of rays, you will find these abbreviations.
The total length including shoal is only rarely given, the TL.
Synonymised names:
Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823 · unaccepted
Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913 · unaccepted
Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816) · unaccepted
Like sharks, rays are cartilaginous fish. Their flat build allows them to burrow right up to their eyes. The genus rays includes many species, such as trembling rays, thornback rays and stingrays, eagle rays and violin rays.
Hardly suitable for the home aquarium due to their size. There is one species that we describe that remains under 80 cm and is reasonably easy to care for. Rays can be kept with many fish, but should not be kept with large doctors, parrotfish or large wrasses.
These could annoy the ray so much that it dies. Large decorations are not necessary when keeping rays, on the contrary, they usually injure themselves on a stone structure.
Rays are predatory fish that feed on snails, mussels, worms and also smaller fish. In the aquarium, they will substitute mussels and fish meat, as well as earthworms, but also calf and beef heart and veal.
Rays usually have good defensive weapons. Some can deliver electric shocks (electric rays), others can cause severe wounds.
Rays are very defensive, which is why caution should always be exercised with them.
We would also ask you not to buy a ray just like that. If you want to keep these animals, you should think carefully about it and then choose a small ray. The aquarium must also be specially
If you want to find out about the size of rays in specialist literature, usually written in English, you will often come across two abbreviations that ultimately mean the same thing: DW or WD.
If you look at FishBase, WoRMS or first descriptions of rays, you will find these abbreviations.
The total length including shoal is only rarely given, the TL.
Synonymised names:
Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823 · unaccepted
Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913 · unaccepted
Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816) · unaccepted
