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Bluespotted Ribbontail Stingray
Taeniura lymna
Distribution: Indian Ocean, south of the Red Sea. Habitat: This line lives in shallow waters (3-50 m), around coral reefs. Description: Its size is around 40 cm in diameter, and a tail of 60 cm, the latter, bordered on either side of a blue line is equipped with a barbed stinger that a powerful venom injected. Dress pale green mottled with bright blue dots This fish is mainly nocturnal, and often sees in the day buried in the sand or shelter in the rocks and crevices. Food: Crustaceans, small fish. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum | Chordata | Class: | Chondrichthyes | Sub class: | Elasmobranchii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Rajiformes | Sub order: | €€ | Family: | Dasyatidae | |
| Genus: | Taeniura | Species: | lymna | Descriptor: | Forsskål, 1775. |  |