The Tiger Stingray or Raya Tigre is native to some rivers in the western Amazon basin. It is a colorful favorite with aquariums, in this case in Vancouver. Often denoted as P. menchacai, a troubled taxon. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html
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X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit the SITES page for the tour itinerary.
When wading in the shallows, it certainly pays to keep an eye out and do the Stingray Shuffle.Judging from the looks of this specimen, it might already be in a bad mood.Southern Stingray Hypanus americanus(AKA Dasyatis americana)West Jetty Kiddie PoolSt. Andrews State ParkPanama City Beach, Bay County, Florida, USAOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom Gear
Plenty of these stingarees at Shelly; you can tell the difference between these and stingrays as the latter have a whip tail, whereas stingarees have a fin tail. The barbs are just as real in both though