Blue Spotted Lagoon RayTaeniura lymma

Facts

35.0 cm

Blue Spotted Stingray, Bluespotted Fantail Ray, Blue-spotted Fantail Ray, Blue-spotted Lagoon Ray, Blue-spotted Ray, Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray, Blue-spotted Ribbontail Ray, Bluespotted Ribbontailray, Bluespotted Stingray, Blue-spotted Stingray, Fantail Ray, Lagoon Ray, Lesser Fantail Ray, Lesser Fan-tailed Ray, Reef Ray, Ribbontail Stingray, Ribbon-tailed Stingray

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan (Ref. 9710), south to northern Australia.

saltwater

Taeniura

Dasyatidae

Rajiformes

Elasmobranchii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

The bluespotted ribbontail ray or blue dot ray, Taeniura lymma, is a stingray of the family Dasyatidae, found around coral reefs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, between latitudes 32° N and 30° S.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous. Ovivoparous reproduction mean that the eggs are kept within the mother's body unitil they are ready to hatch or are about to hatch.

The only known predator of the bluespotted ribbontail ray is the hammerhead shark.
source: Wikipedia

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