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 !
Within the same genus
Black blotched stingray (Taeniura meyeni)
Black blotched stingray
(Taeniura meyeni)
Within the same family
Blue spotted stingray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
Blue spotted stingray
(Neotrygon kuhlii)
Darkspotted stingray (Himantura uarnak)
Darkspotted stingray
(Himantura uarnak)
Fantail stingray (Pastinachus sephen)
Fantail stingray
(Pastinachus sephen)
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)
Southern stingray
(Dasyatis americana)
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(Aetobatus laticeps)
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White spotted wedgefish
(Rhynchobatus australiae)

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