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Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) 
AphiaID: 217422

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Taeniura (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Taeniura Müller & Henle, 1837
Synonymised
taxa		  Raja lymma Forsskål, 1775
 Taeniura lymna (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
 Trygon ornatus Gray, 1830
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English reef stingray  [details]
English ribbontail stingray  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Djibouti [details]
East Africa [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found inshore, at depths less than 20 m (Ref. 9840). Migrates in groups into shallow sandy areas during the rising tide to feed on molluscs, worms, shrimps, and crabs; disperses on falling tide to seek shelter in caves and under ledges (Ref. 6871). Disk width about 95 cm. Reports of specimens reaching 240 cm TL are probably inaccurate (Ref. 6871). Taken mainly by traditional fishermen (Ref. 9840). [details]
Image 
Taeniura lymma
Taeniura lymma
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217422
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 06:08:33Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217422 on 2013-05-22
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