?Blotched fantail ray
Conservation status: Vulnerable[1] | | | Scientific classification | | | | Binomial name | Taeniura meyeni
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Orders The Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage. ...
Families Anacanthobatidae Dasyatidae Gymnuridae Hexatrygonidae Myliobatidae Plesiobatidae Potamotrygonidae Rajidae Rhinobatidae Urolophidae Rajiformes is the order of true rays and skates, flat-bodied cartilaginous fishes related to sharks. ...
Genera Dasyatis Himantura Pastinachus Pteroplatytrygon Taeniura Urogymnus Stingrays are rays in the family Dasyatidae. ...
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| The blotched fantail ray (Taeniura meyeni) is a member of Dasyatidae, the stingray family. It is found from the Red Sea and east Africa to southern Japan, Micronesia, tropical Australia (from central West Australia around the north coast and south to northern New South Wales and Lord Howe Island),[2] Cocos Islands and the Galapagos Islands.[3] Genera Dasyatis Himantura Pastinachus Pteroplatytrygon Taeniura Urogymnus Stingrays are rays in the family Dasyatidae. ...
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It is a large stingray with a circular-shaped body, and with varying reports of its width up to 1.8 m[2][1] and over 3 m.[3] The tail is slightly longer than the body and the total length from snout to the tip of the tail may be 3.3 m. It weighs up to 150 kg. It has a black and white mottled upper surface.
It occurs in a range of habitats, from shallow lagoons to coral reef waters usually on sand substrates. It feeds on bottom-dwelling fish, bivalves, crabs and shrimps.
It is not normally aggressive but has been responsible for at least one human fatality.
References
- ^ a b Kyne, P.M. & White, W.T. (2005). Taeniura meyeni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 7 September 2006.
- ^ a b Blotched Fantail Ray, Australian Museum Online. Retrieved on 7 September 2006.
- ^ a b Taeniura meyeni, Fishbase. Retrieved on 7 September 2006.
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