#2050 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Blotched Fantail Ray

🇳🇱 Gespikkelde waaierstaartpijlstaartrog ·Taeniurops meyeni

VUvulnerable 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The round ribbontail ray ( Taeniura meyeni ) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found throughout the nearshore waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific, as well as off islands in the eastern Pacific. It is a bottom-dwelling inhabitant of lagoons, estuaries, and reefs, generally at a depth of 20–60 m (66–197 ft). 9 ft) across, this large ray is characterized by a thick, rounded pectoral fin disc covered by small tubercles on top, and a relatively short...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,581iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,581 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.