Blue Spotted Ray

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Owner:: TeamT.W.I.S.T.E.D. Message this owner
Released:: Friday, July 24, 2009
Origin:: Michigan, United States
Recently Spotted:: In the hands of timischioleossa.

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Current Goal

We hope that the blue spotted ray will one day be able to follow the migration patterns of its species and travel the world. See the following description to find out about the ray's habitat.

About This Item

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Rubberized replica of a blue spotted ray,

Taeniura lymma.

Description & Behavior

The blue-spotted ray, Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775), aka blue-spotted fantail ray, blue spotted stingray, blue spotted ray, and ribbontail stingray, is a colorful stingray with large bright blue spots on an oval, elongated disc and blue side-stripes along the tail. The snout is rounded and angular and the disc has broadly rounded outer corners. They have a short tapering tail that is less than twice the body length when intact, with a broad lower caudal finfold that extends to the tail tip. The disc has no large thorns but does have small, flat denticles along the midback in adults. There is usually 1 medium-sized stinging spine on the tail found further from the base than most stingrays. They are gray-brown to yellow, or olive-green to reddish brown in color on the dorsal side, white on the ventral side. They reach a maximum length about 70 cm.

World Range & Habitat

The blue-spotted ray is found around coral reefs in a depth range up to to 20 m. They are only rarely found buried under the sand. In the Indo-West Pacific they are found in the Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, and southern to northern Australia.

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Tracking History (12048.2mi) View Map

4/4/2012	Phantom10 discovered it		Visit Log
Seen at Rumpelstilz
4/1/2012	BelTicino discovered it		Visit Log
Visto in occasione dell’evento "Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack" http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC25FZR_il-migliaio-di-dis19-e-w-jack ma registrato solo oltre un anno e mezzo dopo... Grazie per aver messo in circolazione questo TB e un cordiale saluto dal Ticino/Svizzera!
4/1/2012	casamafa discovered it		Visit Log
Ti abbiamo visto all'Event del "Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack" http://coord.info/GC25FZR Saluti, casamafa [url=http://www.geopt.org/link.php?gctools=2]Logged by Geopt Geocaching Tools[/url]
4/1/2012	Rumpelstilz retrieved it from Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack	Ticino, Switzerland	Visit Log
Took it from the event, unfortunatly traveling North again
4/1/2012	haus36 discovered it		Visit Log
Anche io ti ho visto all'event: Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack. Buon viaggio! I did see you at the event "1000 Geocaches of dis19 and W.Jack" in Switzerland!
4/1/2012	katrol discovered it		Visit Log
In Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack gesehen.
4/1/2012	Camel! discovered it		Visit Log
Visto all'evento: Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack.
4/1/2012	Danymey discovered it		Visit Log
Avvistato all'event "Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack" di domenica 01.04.2012 Bellissimo TB. Ci dispiace di non averlo preso con noi. Lì per lì ci sembrava un po' troppo grande, ma adesso ce ne pentiamo... Lo metto nella lista degli "osservati", per vedere dove va a finire, magari poi riesco ancora a prenderlo.
4/1/2012	hb9eds ♥ Alchemilla discovered it		Visit Log
Visto all'event Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack Ciao
3/29/2012	casamafa placed it in Il migliaio di dis19 e W.Jack	Ticino, Switzerland - 15.73 miles	Visit Log

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