Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Taeniura lymma
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Also known as: Bluespotted Fantail Ray
Category: Whiptail Stingrays
Scientific Name: Taeniura lymma
Size: Up to 14 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Batoidea (Infraclass) Rays
    └Myliobatiformes (Order) Stingrays
     └Dasyatidae (Family) Whiptail Stingrays
      └Taeniura (Genus)
       └T. lymma (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217422🔗
iNaturalist ID: 113735🔗

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