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Round ribbontail ray

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The upper surface of the disc and tail are roughened by a uniform covering of small, widely spaced granules. There is also a midline row of sharp tubercles on the back, with two shorter rows alongside. The first of these tubercles develop at a length of around 46 cm (18 in), over the "shoulders" and in the single midline row.
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The dorsal coloration is light to dark gray, brown-gray, or purplish, becoming most intense towards the fin margins, with a highly variable pattern of irregular darker mottling and white speckles or streaks. The tail past the spine, including the fin fold, is uniformly black, while the underside is
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are small and narrow. The tail is relatively short, not exceeding the width of the disc, and bears one (rarely two) long, serrated stinging spine on the upper surface. The base of the tail is broad; past the spine, the tail rapidly thins, and bears a deep ventral fin fold that runs to the tail tip.
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on the bottom. When feeding, it adopts a characteristic posture in which it presses the margin of its disc against the bottom and takes in water through its spiracles, which it blows through its mouth to uncover prey buried in the sediment. This species may fall prey to larger fishes such as
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creamy-white with darker fin margins and additional dots. Young rays are more plain in coloration than adults. One of the largest stingray species, the round ribbontail ray can grow to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) across, 3.3 m (11 ft) long, and 150 kg (330 lb) in weight.
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on the floor, with the outermost pair smaller and set apart from the others. There are 37–46 tooth rows in the upper jaw and 39–45 tooth rows in the lower jaw. The teeth are small with a deep groove across the crown and are arranged in a dense
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habits and rests motionless for much of the day, often near vertical structures, in caves, or under ledges. It may be solitary, or form small to large groups. This ray is frequently shadowed by one or more
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on top, and a relatively short tail bearing a deep ventral fin fold. In addition, it has a variable but distinctive light and dark mottled pattern on its upper surface, and a black tail.
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tail spine. This species has been responsible for at least one recorded fatality of a diver who was stabbed while attempting to ride the ray. The round ribbontail ray is popular with
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for the round ribbontail ray include black spotted ray, black-blotched stingray, black-spotted stingray, fantail ray, fantail stingray, giant reef ray and speckled stingray. In
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in nature, the round ribbontail ray is typically found close to shore at a depth of 20–60 m (66–197 ft), though it has been reported anywhere from the
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The round ribbontail ray is not aggressive and has been known to approach and investigate divers. However, if harassed it can inflict a severe wound with its
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where, due to the tourist value of rays, the government has created protected marine reserves and banned the export of rays in 1995 and ray skins in 1996.
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Timofeeva, T.A. (1983). "New representatives of monocotylids (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from cartilaginous fishes of the South China and Yellow Seas".
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disc wider than it is long, with a smoothly rounded outer margin. The eyes are of medium size and are followed by larger
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Little information is available on the life history of the round ribbontail ray. Like other stingrays, it is
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The round ribbontail ray is relatively inactive during the day, often resting on sand near reef structures.
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Characteristic features of the round ribbontail ray are its rounded, thick disc and mottled coloration.
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at a disc width of 1.0–1.1 m (3.3–3.6 ft); the maturation size of females is unknown.
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to a depth of 439 m (1,440 ft). It favors sand or rubble bottoms in shallow
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tail spine, and it has been responsible for at least one fatality. It is valued by
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A round ribbontail ray in the Maldives, where it is a valuable ecotourist draw.
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examination has suggested that the round ribbontail ray is more related to
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for this species. In Australian waters, this ray has been assessed as of
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Chisholm, L.A. & I.D. Whittington (March 2004). "Two new species of
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Off South Africa, the round ribbontail ray is captured incidentally by
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The round ribbontail ray frequents sandy patches near coral reefs.
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Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018).
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Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea : Monocotylidae) from the skin of
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Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington
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Catalog of Fishes electronic version (February 19, 2010)
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The round ribbontail ray has a wide distribution in the
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divers because of its size and spectacular appearance.
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Bleeker, from the Marquesas Islands, with comments on
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Smith, J.L.B.; M.M. Smith & P.C. Heemstra (2003).
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sp. N (Nematoda, Gnathostomatidae) in the stingray,
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A Guide to the Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa
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Stevens (2009). 1162: 1129: 725: 1608: 1607: 1057: 860: 563:The round ribbontail ray has a thick 1963:2C35DE25-58CA-45A6-B373-205392319EF1 1937:6FF3EABB-CD93-A52A-1669-A9643C97F43F 2008:Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller 1579:, Round ribbontail ray" at FishBase 1340:Reef Sharks & Rays of the World 1269:The Fishes of the Galápagos Islands 1171:"Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)" 1009:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 920:, and trawlers operating off Java, 13: 1436:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000019085.44664.6d 1155:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02189.x 1037: 664:, where it is found from at least 228:Range of the round ribbontail ray 14: 2029: 1568: 1054:. Retrieved on February 25, 2010. 584:pattern into flattened surfaces. 1988:IUCN Red List vulnerable species 998:Kyne, P.M.; White, W.T. (2015). 73: 1393:Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 1342:. Sea Challengers. p. 89. 957:Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 550: 1: 966: 738:The round ribbontail ray has 543:The ray is named in honor of 456:, which was applied by Dutch 1209:Sharks and Rays of Australia 900:. This species is caught by 784:of this species include the 652:, occurring as far north as 545:Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen 538: 463:to a juvenile specimen from 438:Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle 7: 1589:Fishes of Australia : 831:are initially sustained by 535:) and the river stingrays. 10: 2034: 2003:Marine fish of East Africa 1513:Echinocephalus overstreeti 1310:. FireFly Books. pp.  817:Echinocephalus overstreeti 511:bluespotted ribbontail ray 467:, in a 1953 volume of the 416:(IUCN) has assessed it as 1774: 1616: 1545:Van der Elst, R. (1993). 1490:10.2478/s11686-009-0013-7 1117:Bull ray, stingray spines 616:region: it is found from 239: 232: 227: 218: 195: 188: 70:Scientific classification 68: 46: 37: 28: 23: 1998:Fish of the Indian Ocean 1366:Hennemann, R.M. (2001). 1106:. 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Müller 198: 196: 180: 179: 167: 133:Superorder: 18: 1800:Wikispecies 1694:iNaturalist 1521:E. sinensis 1070:Bester, C. 1029:12 November 769:bony fishes 589:pelvic fins 551:Description 526:S. pacifica 396:divers and 380:, with the 374:bony fishes 370:crustaceans 1982:Categories 1596:Photos of 1523:Ko 1975". 1185:21 January 967:References 926:New Guinea 918:longliners 902:commercial 890:Vulnerable 879:ecotourist 811:, and the 786:monogenean 714:and rocky 678:Queensland 650:Micronesia 638:Mascarenes 634:Madagascar 418:Vulnerable 394:ecotourist 356:Generally 329:. 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A large stingray with a mottled color pattern and thick body and tail, swimming over sand
Conservation status
Vulnerable
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Batoidea
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Taeniurops
Binomial name
J. P. Müller
Henle
World map with blue coloring around the periphery of the Indian Ocean, from South Africa to the Arabian Peninsula to Southeast Asia as far as Japan and Australia, as well as in a region of Micronesia and around the Galapagos and Cocos Islands in the eastern Pacific
Synonyms
Bleeker
Macleay
species
stingray
family
Dasyatidae
nearshore
tropical
Indo-Pacific
Pacific

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