EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – SEA LIFE New Jersey welcomed its first baby stingray born.
The baby ray is the first stingray born at the quarium and is just a 6″ long Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis. Guests can spot the new bundle of joy at the aquarium’s Reef at Day exhibit, while the proud mom rests in the neighboring JF Ray exhibit.
The Aquarium is doing a naming contest for their first baby stingray on their Instagram account @sealifenj on May 10. The Aquarists made their top picks and guests have 3 names to pick from – Munchkin, Pancake and Nelly.
The baby ray now weighs 2.5 ounces (born at 0.88 ounces) and can eventually reach up to 26 inches in length as one of the cutest new additions to SEA LIFE New Jersey.
They are small stingrays found on the Southern Atlantic coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and throughout the Caribbean.
