Biology:Painted maskray

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Painted maskray
Neotrygon leylandi csiro-nfc.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Neotrygon
Species:
N. leylandi
Binomial name
Neotrygon leylandi
(Last, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Dasyatis leylandi Last, 1987

The painted maskray (Neotrygon leylandi) or brown-reticulate stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in Australia , Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1571745 entry