Dasyatid ray for ID at Pairi Daiza

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  Sicarius

• 10 Oct 2018

This ray has been a mistery for years now. I talked to many experts but nobody is 100% sure. It's most likely a weird looking Dasyatis indeed

 

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  Kakapo

• 10 Oct 2018

Oh, it's a shame that the mystery is unresolved! It always have a twisted tail or its just the casuality of the moment?

 

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  Sicarius

• 11 Oct 2018

I think it always had this, that's why a friend of me thinks it's a juvenile Pastinachus sephen with a broken tail

 

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  Kakapo

• 11 Oct 2018

Thanks! I will investigate this possibility.

 

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  Kakapo

• 11 Oct 2018

No, I don't think it can be Pastinachus sephen. The "cowtail" or "tuft" should begin much before the tip of the tail of this specimen, so even with a broken tail it would have a part of the "tuft". Also the tail should be thicker

 

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  Sicarius

• 12 Oct 2018

Yes, ofcourse it's not the P. sephen, I just wanted to show you how much possibilities there are

 

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  Kakapo

• 13 Oct 2018

I saw just now a photo of this specimen in a blog, labelled as Dasyatis americana

 

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  Sicarius

• 13 Oct 2018

saw the blog is immediately correct?