Pateobatis fai Pink whipray

Pateobatis fai is commonly referred to as Pink whipray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 50000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3874 

AphiaID:

271457 

Scientific:

Pateobatis fai 

German:

Lila Stechrochen 

English:

Pink Whipray 

Category:

Rockor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Pateobatis (Genus) > fai (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Jordan & Seale, ), 1906 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bakers Island, Caroline Island, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moorea, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Samoa, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sulu Sea , Sumatra, Thailand, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Size:

up to 74.8" (190 cm) 

Weight:

18.5 kg 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Food specialist 

Tank:

10998.92 gal (~ 50000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pateobatis fai
  Lila Stechrochen
• 
  Pateobatis jenkinsii
  Jenkins-Peitschenschwanz-Rochen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-10-20 12:53:54 

Last edit:

2021-02-05 10:48:56 

Toxicity

Pateobatis fai is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Pateobatis fai, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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