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)
(Taeniura meyeni)
Within the same family

Blue spotted stingray
(Neotrygon kuhlii)
(Neotrygon kuhlii)

Darkspotted stingray
(Himantura uarnak)
(Himantura uarnak)

Fantail stingray
(Pastinachus sephen)
(Pastinachus sephen)

Southern stingray
(Dasyatis americana)
(Dasyatis americana)
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(Raja binoculata)
(Raja binoculata)

Giant manta
(Mobula birostris)
(Mobula birostris)

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(Narcine bancroftii)
(Narcine bancroftii)

Ocellate torpedo
(Torpedo torpedo)
(Torpedo torpedo)

Pacific white-spotted eagle ray
(Aetobatus laticeps)
(Aetobatus laticeps)

Reef manta ray
(Mobula alfredi)
(Mobula alfredi)

Thornback ray
(Raja clavata)
(Raja clavata)

White spotted wedgefish
(Rhynchobatus australiae)
(Rhynchobatus australiae)
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