Sealife guideThe ribbontail stingrayTaeniura lymma

Last updated on 02/16/2024 at 10:48 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Ribbontail stingray, blue spotted stingray
French name: Raie pastenague à pois bleus
Scientific name: Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775)
Family name: Dasyatidae
Order name: Myliobatiformes
Class name: Elasmobranchii

Did you know ?

The ribbontail stingray is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The ribbontail stingray appears in the IUCN Red List since 2021 within the category Least Concern !

The ribbontail stingray (Taeniura lymma) © Ericsch | Dreamstime.com

The ribbontail stingray (Taeniura lymma) © Aquanaut4 | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Black blotched stingray
(Taeniura meyeni)

Within the same family

Blue spotted stingray
(Neotrygon kuhlii)

Darkspotted stingray
(Himantura uarnak)

Fantail stingray
(Pastinachus sephen)

Southern stingray
(Dasyatis americana)

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Blackspotted electric ray
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Eastern fiddler ray
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Lesser electric ray
(Narcine bancroftii)

Ocellate torpedo
(Torpedo torpedo)

Panther electric ray
(Torpedo panthera)

Thornback ray
(Raja clavata)

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