Bluespotted Maskray

Description:

The Bluespotted Maskray has a grey to brown disc with light blue and black spots. It has a dusky band crossing the eyes and the interorbital region. This species has a long pale-tipped tail, the posterior third of which is crossed by dark bands. It grows to a disc width of 40 cm and a total length of 70 cm.

Habitat:

Bluespotted rays are found in the Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Zanzibar (Tanzania), South Africa, India, Sri Lanka east to the Philippines, north to Japan, and south to Australia, where it is known from the central coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north and south to the New South Wales north coast. There are a number of different colored morphs in the Indo-Pacific, which may be different species. The bluespotted ray is a solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs. They are usually found in deeper water but are also seen on reef flats and in shallow lagoons at high tide. They are occasionally found covered in sand with just the eyes and tail visible.

Notes:

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