It is distributed in most waters of the world, from tropical to near-Arctic waters, from shallow water to deep water below 2700m, and mainly lives in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Okinawa, Japan is one of the important settlements of rays, which is listed as the main tourist attraction by the local government. The aquarium here has a special area for people to watch at close range.
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The ray fish (also called devil fish) refers to the ray order? Rays include 2 suborders, belonging to 8 families, about 49 genera and 365,438+05 species. There are 28 species in China, belonging to 6 families and 8 genera. Kissing triangle, protruding or obtuse, with no kissing teeth at the edge. The pectoral fin expands forward to form a large or wide body disk, and the nostrils are far from the mouth, which is relatively primitive. 2 dorsal fins, no hard spines; The tail stalk is thick and the tail fin is developed. Rays have a circle of fan-shaped pectoral fins around their bodies, and their caudal fins degenerate like a long thin whip, moving forward by the wave-like movement of pectoral fins. Rays usually hide in the sand. When two shells, crabs and shrimps approach, they will suddenly attack. Their teeth are like stone mortar, which can grind anything, and there is a poisonous red thorn on their back, which will kill people. Widely distributed in tropical and temperate coastal waters.