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HWT-FISH-0017
Blue-spotted ribbontail ray
Taeniura lymma
Quick facts
- Family DASYATIDAE
- Genus Taeniura
- Stable identifier HWT-FISH-0017
- National code 5604 collection-form number, not a unique identifier
Saudi context in this record
Naming evidence
Local names recorded for their geographic scope: evidence that the name is used there, not a published record of biological occurrence.
Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea
أم صويلح · لُقطة أم سالم · أم سالم · ببجي · ربيسي · رقيطة شُعُب
Pending human review — unverified local names
Names the registry holds that a reviewer has not verified. Shown for information; they are not approved names and should not be cited as such.
Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea
لمه
Occurrence records
The encyclopedia holds no published occurrence record for this taxon in Saudi waters yet.
Measurements and characters
Documentation status
documented from a photographed specimen — the source does not measure this group
No source is linked to this value.
Names
English common names
Blue-spotted ribbontail ray
Local names — Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea
- لمه Local name draft
- أم صويلح Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
- لُقطة أم سالم Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
- أم سالم Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
- ببجي Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
- ربيسي Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
- رقيطة شُعُب Local name Local name, verified — not nationally approved
Local names with no recorded scope
- رقدة Local name draft
- رقيطه Local name draft
Classification
TaeniuraGenus DASYATIDAEFamily MyliobatiformesOrder ChondrichthyesClass ChordataPhylum AnimaliaKingdom
External identifiers
- National species code: 5604 — Marine Research Centre, Jeddah
The national collection-form code is not a unique identifier; more than one taxon may carry the same value. The only stable identifier here is the HUWAT code.
Conservation
No governed conservation assessment is published for this taxon. The absence of a published assessment is not an assessment of low concern.
Distribution
The encyclopedia holds no published scientific distribution records for this taxon.
This section shows source-backed scientific distribution only. Community observations are not listed here and no scientific distribution is inferred from them.
Others in this family
- Bennettis stingray Dasyatis bennettii
- Sharpnose stingray Himantura gerrardi
- Honeycomb stingray Himantura uarank
- Cowtail stingray Pastinachus sephen
- Porcupine ray Urogymnus asperrimus
Taxa of the same family. That is a taxonomic relationship, not a statement of resemblance; the encyclopedia holds no diagnostic characters or lookalike relations yet.
Information not yet documented in this record
These fields are not yet documented for this taxon in the encyclopedia. Their absence describes the record, not the animal.
- Habitat
- Depth range
- Maximum length
- Maximum weight
- Size at first maturity
- Spawning period
- Fishing season
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.
استمارة التجميع المرمزة للأسماء المحلية — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية.
Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters (2017).
الطبعة الثانية 1438 H - 2017.
The scientific sources above are the ones cited for the facts, names and identifiers on this page. The platform and founder attribution in the footer is not a scientific source. Community contributions appear with their names and review status. The verification shown beside a value means the register checked the value against its cited source; it is not a scientific approval and not an independent peer review.
Record last modified: 2026-09-12