Do bat rays and manta rays have stingers like stingrays do?

Question

Also, what types of sharks are kept as pets legally in arizona???????????????????////

Answer 1

Bat rays have them, mantas do not..


I'm sorry,

I made a mistake. I assumed that since I saw sharks in both california and florida pet stores that AZ would have no problem. Apparently, they do for the stupidest reason in the world.

Call these pet stores to find out.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/states/az.html

"I don't know anything about "crazy California" laws but unless something has changed here in Arizona it is illegal to own one in an aquarium. Get this, the reason why, they don't want them being released into any of the rivers or lakes!! ^^& ^^&
Its not like an alligator, I mean a shark has 0% percent chance of living in any river or lake here.
And before anyone pipes up, yes I know some bull sharks can survive in fresh water. I've heard stories of people catching them as far inland as St. Louis.

Moby"
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/printthread.php?t=6798

David


All sharks need ROOM... to move, grow, dilute their wastes, allow for gaseous diffusion of gasses for respiration... Not hundreds, but several hundred to thousands of gallons in the case of Triakis... Tanks of less than ten feet in length, five in diameter are equivalent to you or I being confined (permanently) to a closet... behaviorally, physiologically and psychologically prohibitive. The road to heck is paved with good intentions or so it's said, but thinking that you'll "get a bigger system" when your shark/s grow larger is worse than wishful thinking... it's outright cruel. Let me repeat this point in a different way to emphasize my intent: IF you don't have a tank at least ten by five feet DON'T try keeping even juveniles of this species. On the plus size cost, maintenance and operation wise, the height of the system is of less functional importance... so yes, you can keep such sharks in round, rectangular "swimming pools" of a depth of two, three feet.

Filtration, circulation, aeration are critical elements of the care of sharks, the Leopard inclusive. For animals that "store" a good deal of nitrogenous waste in their bloodstream (the rationale often offered: to establish osmotic barrier to salt in their environment), sharks are intolerant of accumulation of same in their captive systems. NO detectable ammonia, nitrite OR nitrate is the goal you want to prepare for and achieve. Simple wet-dry filtration, ammonia towers, fluidized beds... will NOT do... chemical and/or biological scrubbers, extensive live sumps (refugiums), deep sand beds (DSBs)... and the like... of SIZE, capacity are required (unless you have access to clean seawater...) to maintain these fishes. Circulation and aeration need to be brisk, the water kept in motion for exercise, filtration purposes, and dissolved oxygen near saturation (about or greater than 7 ppm).

Answer 2

No manta rays and Bat rays do nt, they feed via filter feeding an don't need a stinger to kill prey (thought most ray use it as defense anyway), their tails however at still capable of having a very strong whip like effect, which can hurt.

Umm not sure about sharks in Arizona, but in Australia (where i am) some sharks require a permit while others don't, and the average minimum size tank for a shark is 1000 gallons (per shark), so they take up a lot of space. they also require high levels of care.

Answer 3

Do Bat Rays Sting

Answer 4

Bat rays have spines on thir tails.
Manta rays use their size and fast maneuverable swimming ability for defense that has rendered tail stingers unnecessary. All that remains to indicate their evolutionary past is a small pit at the base ot their tail where the spine used to be, and a small piece of cartilage under their skin.
People owning sharks have never been a problem to date so if you can have someone catch one and transport it to you, you can keep it. Of course, for most sharks, you would need to turn your entire basement into a tank to house it. Most people buy a Port Jackson shark http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1749&N=0 , a Bamboo Cat Shark http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1523&N=0, a SmoothHound Shark http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/elamon_dec04.htm , a Nurse Shark http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/sharks_rays/nurse.php , a bonnethead shark http://www.elasmodiver.com/Bonnethead%20shark.htm or a black tipped reef sharks http://www.bigalsusa.com/shark_feeding.cfm .
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Answer 5

yup they sure do all rays have barbs ("stingers") unless they have been removed (like pulling teeth) check with your local officials but without a permit a bamboo shark is probably the only one legal

Answer 6

Ok first what the **** is a batray?