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)
(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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Pacific white-spotted eagle ray
(Aetobatus laticeps)
(Aetobatus laticeps)
Shovelnose guitarfish
(Pseudobatos productus)
(Pseudobatos productus)
Thornback ray
(Raja clavata)
(Raja clavata)
Yellow stingray
(Urobatis jamaicensis)
(Urobatis jamaicensis)
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