Stingray is a brackish species recorded in Hong Kong.
Water: Brackish
Size: 18–260 cm
The stingray is a dasyatid commonly met from beaches and the shore; dasyatids range from 0.18 to 2.6 m. The tail carries one to four venomous stings set well behind the pelvic fins, each a stiff flattened spine with back-pointing serrations along its edges and two ventral grooves holding the venom glands. Most serious injuries come not from any deliberate attack but from a ray being trodden on or disturbed while someone is wading: the wound is usually limited to local tissue damage, yet infection can keep it open for months, and chest wounds have proved fatal, with surgery sometimes needed to remove fragments of the spine.
Caution: has venomous spines. Take great care when unhooking and handling; the sting is extremely painful.
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