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Blue-spotted stingray

Neotrygon caeruleopunctata

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Corps en forme de losange. Tâches noires sur la tête. Anneaux noirs et blancs à l'extrémité de la queue.

Possible confusions

Pastenague queue à ruban Taeniura lymma : corps ovale

Distribution map

Geographic areas (BioObs)

Reunion IslandMayotteRed Sea

Observation type

Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling

Other common names

Bluespotted stingrayBritish English
Pastenague à points bleusFrench (France)
Raie à points bleusFrench (France)
Requin raieFrench (New Caledonia)

Other invalid scientific names

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Links to our partners' sheets

INPN — Neotrygon caeruleopunctata

GBIF — Neotrygon caeruleopunctata

Sources

WoRMS Neotrygon kuhlii
BALISKY Christophe, LE BRIS Sylvain in : DORIS, 27/06/2022 : Neotrygon spp Castelnau, 1873, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/3284

How to cite this BioObs sheet?

BioObs, 06/04/2025 : Neotrygon caeruleopunctata, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/2261

Modification history

Modified by Maguelone GRATEAU on 03/04/2025

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