> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Chordata **Subphylum**:: Vertebrata **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Chondrichthyes **Subclass**:: Elasmobranchii **Superorder**:: Euselachii **Order**:: Myliobatiformes **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Dasyatidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Taeniura **Species**:: T. lymma **Vernacular**:: Bluespotted stingray ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157911/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Vertebrae/Chondrochthyes/Raie_pastenague_2_xap6nq.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157911/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Vertebrae/Chondrochthyes/Raie_pastenague_2_xap6nq.jpg) [97 - 2022-11-28 - Gordon's Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](97%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Gordon's%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - On of my favorite picture, due to the composition. The stingray is clean of sand, well lightened, like its ready to go. ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157821/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Vertebrae/Chondrochthyes/Raie_pastenague_vdqcjd.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157821/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Vertebrae/Chondrochthyes/Raie_pastenague_vdqcjd.jpg) [97 - 2022-11-28 - Gordon's Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](97%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Gordon's%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - with a lot of sand on it, juste after it has search food in the sand. ## Notes This stingray digs in the sand with the front of his body in order to find some food. ## References -