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WoRMS taxon details
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 217422
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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| 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 FishBase To GenBank To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes) 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] | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217422 on 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||||
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