short-tailstingray

=Title (Animal'scommon name) short-tailstingray ===Scientific Name:dasyatisbrevicaudata --Insert Picture

Physical description:
they are plain with a bluntly angular snout and pectoral disk with roundtips a thick based tail shorter than the body.

Size:
the diameter of its disk is up to 2m(6ft) its lenght is up to 4.3m (14ft) it weighs 350kg.

Habitat:
they live in the oceans.

Range:
they are found on the continental shelf around south africa.

Diet:
they eat crabs,mantis,shrimps,bivalves,polychates,crustaceans and congereels.

How it reproduces:
their mating occurs each spring in a well defined breeding period theyre eggs can be found from june until march size raging from 1-6 young.

Relationship to people:
the IUCN does not consider stingrays threatened.

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