Aerial Imagery Reveals Abnormal Stingray, Taeniura lymma (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the Central Red Sea
Ioana Andreea Ciocănaru, Brian Owain Nieuwenhuis, Raquel Lubambo Ostrovski, Jesse E M Cochran, Ashlie J McIvor, Burton H Jones · 2024
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Ioana Ciocănaru and co-authors report an abnormal stingray in the central Red Sea in a 2024 paper. Aerial images showed a bluespotted ribbontail ray with symmetrically deformed rear fins on a coastal sandflat. Such fin deformities from development are rare, though other abnormalities in rays are often reported.
The mirror symmetry points to a genetic base, though without the animal in hand the cause stays uncertain. The ray had still grown well past local maturity size, so the flaw did not block survival. The report is the first of its kind for this species and for this fin pattern. Drone surveys may reveal more such cases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ioana Andreea Ciocănaru, Brian Owain Nieuwenhuis, Raquel Lubambo Ostrovski, Jesse E M Cochran, Ashlie J McIvor, Burton H Jones |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |