Bluespotted ribbontail ray

The bluespotted ribbontail ray is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

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The Bluespotted ribbontail ray lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range - 20 m environment.

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. More

The bluespotted ribbontail ray was originally described as Raja lymma by Forssk More

| Bluespotted ribbontail ray in English | Bluespotted ribbontail ray in French Use Babylon to translate to various languages Copyright © 1997-2007 Babylon. More

The bluespotted ribbontail ray without blue tail stripes sent in by Alistair Clacherty from Zanzibar . Reggie Lawrence took a photograph of a gurnard from False Bay. More

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The only known predator of the bluespotted ribbontail ray is the hammerhead shark. mailto: info@indonesiatraveling. More

The Bluespotted ribbontail ray is known under several different names, including Bluespotted Stingray and Blue Dot Stingray. Its main body colouration is tan and the fish it decorated with beautiful blue dots. More

Common names

Ali maduva in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Ath maduva in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Blåplettet pigrokke in Danish (dansk)
Blauwgespikkelde pijlstaartrog in Dutch (Nederlands)
Blauwgestippelde pijlstaartrog in Dutch (Nederlands)
Bloukol-lintstertrog in Afrikaans
Blue Spotted Fantail Stingray in English
Blue spotted lagoon ray in English
Blue spotted stingray in English
Blue-spotted fantail ray in English
Blue-spotted lagoon ray in English
Blue-spotted ray in English
Blue-spotted ribbontail ray in English
Blue-spotted stingray in English
Bluespotted fantail ray in English
Bluespotted ribbontail ray in English
Bluespotted ribbontailray in English
Bluespotted stingray in English
Cá Đuối chấm xanh in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Ðu?i ch?m xanh in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
drau ni vau in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Fantail ray in English
Ikan pari in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Kiampao in Cebuano
Krabane tong in Thai (ไทย)
Lagoon ray in English
Lesser fan-tailed ray in English
Lesser fantail ray in English
Lukhmah in Arabic (‫العربية)
Nauhakeihäsrausku in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Nyenga in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Pagi in Tagalog
Paging dahonan in Bikol
Pantikan in Visayan
Pari karang in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Pari kembang in Bahasa Indonesia
Pari kembang in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Pari reben in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Pari totol in Bahasa Indonesia
Pastenague à taches bleues in French (français)
Pastenague queue à ruban in French (français)
Rajalátigo rabo cinta in Spanish (español)
Ratão pintalgado in Portuguese (Português)
Reef ray in English
reef stingray in English
Ribbon-tailed stingray in English
Ribbontail stingray in English
Ruget in Arabic (‫العربية)
Saranga in Bikol
Shafane in Somali (Soomaaliga)
Taeniura lymma in Spanish (español)
Trnucha lemovaná in Czech (česky)
Trnucha modroskvrnná in Czech (česky)
vai rukuvatu in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Vali in Gela
Yilinggan in Guugu Yimidhirr
蓝斑条尾魟 in Mandarin Chinese
藍斑條尾魟 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Rajiformes
Family : Dasyatidae
Genus : Taeniura
Species : Taeniura lymma
Authority : Forssk