Plain Maskray, Neotrygon annotata (Last 1987)

Other Names: Brown Stingray

Plain Maskray, Neotrygon annotata. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A greyish-green maskray, becoming pinkish towards the disc margins, with a dark mask-like marking around the eyes, a pair of small dark blotches behind the spiracles, and alternating black and white variable bands and a black tip on the tail.

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Dianne J. Bray, Neotrygon annotata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2022

Plain Maskray, Neotrygon annotata (Last 1987)

More Info

Distribution	Endemic to northern Australia from the Bonaparte Archipelago, WA to Wellesley Islands QLD. Inhabits soft bottom substrates in depths of 12-62 m.
Fisheries	Taken as incidental by-catch in commercial bottom trawls.
Species Citation	Dasyatis annotatus Last, 1987, Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(1): 57, fig. 1. Type locality: Northwest Shelf, WA.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Plain Maskray, Neotrygon annotata (Last 1987)

References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Dasyatis annotata)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Dasyatis sp. 1)

Jacobsen, I.P. & Bennett, M.B. 2010. Age and growth of Neotrygon picta, Neotrygon annotata and Neotrygon kuhlii from north-east Australia, with notes on their reproductive biology. Journal of Fish Biology 77: 2405–2422.

Jacobsen, I.P. & Bennett, M.B. 2012. Feeding ecology and dietary comparisons among three sympatric Neotrygon (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) species. Journal of Fish Biology 80: 1-15 [doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03169.x]

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Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Resurrection of the genus Neotrygon Castelnau (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of Neotrygon picta sp. nov., a new species from northern Australia. 315-326 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358

Puckridge, M., Last, P.R.,White, W.T. & Andreakis, N. 2013. Phylogeography of the Indo-West Pacific maskrays (Dasyatidae, Neotrygon): a complex example of chondrichthyan radiation in the Cenozoic. Ecology and Evolution 3(2): 217–232. doi:10.1002/ece3.448. PDF

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.

Stobutzki, I.C., Miller, M.J., Heales, D.S. & Brewer, D.T. 2002. Sustainability of elasmobranches caught as bycatch in a tropical prawn (shrimp) trawl fishery. Fishery Bulletin 100: 800-821. (as Amphotistius sp. 1)