Taeniura
| Taeniura | |
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| Bluespotted ribbontail ray (T. lymma) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Taeniura J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Trygon ornatus Gray 1830 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taeniura is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae, commonly known as ribbontail stingrays. Phylogenetic research has shown that T. lymma is not closely related to T. grabata or T. meyeni. The latter two species are placed in a separate genus, Taeniurops, in some sources.
Species
- Taeniura grabata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Round fantail stingray)
- Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray)
- Taeniura meyeni (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Blotched fantail ray)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Taeniura in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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