Blue-spotted stingray  (Taeniura lymma)

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Glossary

  • Electroreception: a biological ability to sense electrical impulses and fields through a series of electroreceptor sensory organs, often found in sharks, skates and rays.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Ovoviviparous: ovovivipary is a method of reproduction whereby the egg shell is weakly formed and young hatch inside the female; they are nourished by their yolk sac and then ‘born’ live.
  • Venomous: species that produce and can inject poisonous venom under the skin (usually through a bite or sting), causing injury, illness, or death.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (August, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Australian Museum Online (December, 2005)
    http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tlymma.htm
  3. FishBase (December, 2005)
    http://www.fishbase.org/search.php
  4. Elasmodiver.com (December, 2005)
    http://www.elasmodiver.com/Blue%20spotted%20fantail%20ray.htm
  5. Animal Diversity Web (December, 2005)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
  6. Shedd: The World’s Aquarium (December, 2005)
    http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.cfm?id=109
  7. MarineBio.org (December, 2005)
    http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=320
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