Image by fanray_handmade on Pixabay · Pixabay License
fanray
Sign in to saveAlso known as Platyrhina sinensis
The fanray (Platyrhina sinensis) is a species of ray in the family Platyrhinidae that lives in the western Pacific Ocean. It typically grows to a length of and a weight of , with a brown upperside and a white underside. It eats fish and crustaceans and has poor mobility. Males live to age five and females to age twelve, with both sexes maturing between two and five years. The species is found in China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and possibly Indonesia, in waters shallower than . It is probable that its population is declining due to being caught as a bycatch.
Species
VulnerableSpecies
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderTorpediniformes
- FamilyPlatyrhinidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Platyrhina sinensis.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Platyrhina sinensis
- taxon name
- Platyrhina sinensis
- taxon common name
- Fanray
- short name
- P. sinensis
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Behavior
- Habitat and distribution
- References
- External links
The fanray (Platyrhina sinensis) is a species of ray in the family Platyrhinidae that lives in the western Pacific Ocean. It typically grows to a length of and a weight of , with a brown upperside and a white underside. It eats fish and crustaceans and has poor mobility. Males live to age five and females to age twelve, with both sexes maturing between two and five years. The species is found in China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and possibly Indonesia, in waters shallower than . It is probable that its population is declining due to being caught as a bycatch.
== Description == Fanrays grow to a maximum known length of , but most specimens are long and weigh . Its body is flat throughout and shaped like a fan. The species' upperside is brown in color, its underside white, and the edge of its body yellow. It has wide nostrils, small eyes, a short snout, and a transversal through its mouth splitting it. It has multiple small teeth and thornlike scales on the upperside of its body.