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Fantail Rays
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Fantail Rays

Taeniura

Taeniura is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. The species Taeniurops grabata and T. meyeni were formerly placed in this genus. However, phylogenetic research has shown that these two species are not closely related to T. lymma, and they have been assigned to a separate genus, Taeniurops.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Bluespotted Fantail Ray

speciesTaeniura lymma

Oceanic Fantail Ray

speciesTaeniura lessoni

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55289.