What does the blue spotted stingray eat?

Blue spotted stingrays are opportunistic carnivores and their diet consists of a wide variety of small benthic organisms, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Their prey may include:

- Small bony fish such as gobies, blennies and flatfishes

- Crustaceans such as shrimps, crabs and prawns

- Mollusks such as scallops, clams, and octopuses

- Smaller stingrays and sharks

- Seaworms and polychaetes

- Squid and cuttlefish

Blue spotted stingrays use their specialized sensory organs, called ampullae of Lorenzini, to detect the electrical fields produced by their prey buried in the sand or mud. They use their powerful jaws and sharp teeth to crush the shells of molluscs and crustaceans, and to capture and consume their prey whole.