# RETRACTION: Aerial imagery reveals abnormal stingrays, Taeniura lymma (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the central Red Sea

## TL;DR

A study about abnormal stingrays in the Red Sea was retracted due to errors in specimen identification.

## Contribution

The paper's findings were retracted and replaced with a revised version due to misidentification errors.

## Key findings

- The original conclusions about stingrays in the central Red Sea are considered unreliable.
- A revised version of the study is being prepared for publication.

## Abstract

RETRACTION: I.A. Ciocănaru, B.O. Nieuwenhuis, R.L. Ostrovski, J. Cochran, and B.H. Jones, “Aerial Imagery Reveals Abnormal Stingrays, Taeniura Lymma (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the Central Red Sea,” Ecology and Evolution 14, no. 6 (2024): e11399, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11399.

The above article, published online on 30 May 2024 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Arley Muth, and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to an error in the differentiation of specimens in Figure 1. As a result, the conclusions reported in the article are not considered reliable. A revised version of this article is forthcoming. The corresponding author Ioana Andreea Ciocănaru agrees with this decision on behalf of all authors.