Bluespotted ribbontail ray

Description:

It is a fairly small ray, not exceeding 35 cm (14 in) in width, with a mostly smooth, oval pectoral fin disc, large protruding eyes, and a relatively short and thick tail with a deep fin fold underneath. It can be easily identified by its striking color pattern of many electric blue spots on a yellowish background, with a pair of blue stripes on the tail. Other common names used for this species include bluespotted ray, bluespotted fantail ray, bluespotted lagoon ray, bluespotted stingray, fantail ray, lesser fantail ray, lagoon ray, reef ray, ribbon-tailed stingray, and ribbontail stingray. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluespotted...

Habitat:

Coral ledges, caves and sandy areas. Indo-West Pacific.

Notes:

IUCN) has listed this species as Near Threatened. Spotted at an exploratory dive at Bayaca Island, Culion, Palawan at a depth of about 9m.