New Tank with more than 40 Rays
The Seville Aquarium has recently inaugurated a new tank within its tour, specifically in the Atlantic zone, where visitors can see more than 40 ray pups up close. It’s a tank that has been remodeled and represents a lagoon where rays hide among white sands.
All the ray specimens in this space were born in the facilities of the Seville aquarium, thus achieving a new objective in the work of breeding and conservation of marine species. “For our center, the conservation of marine species is fundamental. We have achieved a real ‘baby boom’ of rays, especially of two different species: the thornback ray (Raja clavata) and the undulate ray (Raja undulata), which are the ones we show in this new space” states the curator of the Seville Aquarium, Andrés Loza.
Rays, like sharks, are cartilaginous fish and are therefore related. The difference between them lies in the fact that these animals, in their adaptation to benthic life, have undergone modifications in their body, becoming flatter, creating a disc between body and fins, and displacing their mouth towards the ventral part to capture prey found on the sea floor. Additionally, the tail part transforms into a whip that functions as a rudder.
The aquarium’s great concern is to make the marine environment known, to show the beauty of the seabed, the great diversity of colors, organisms and ecosystems that exist, and thus ensure that each person who visits it discovers something new about nature. For this reason, the center has been in continuous change for two years now since it was purchased by the Global Omnium group.