- Classification
- CHONDRICHTHYES
- MYLIOBATIFORMES
- DASYATIDAE
- Neotrygon
- ningalooensis
Ningaloo Maskray, Neotrygon ningalooensis Last, White & Puckridge 2010
A Ningaloo Maskray, Neotrygon ningalooensis, at Cape Leveque, Western Australia. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A large maskray with many small orange spots and larger bluish white blotches irregularly scattered on the upper surface, and the body and tail naked except for a row of 4-5 thornlets on the back.
The Ningaloo Maskray has highly protrusible eyes allowing it to bury deeper into the bottom while leaving the eyes exposed than other species in the genus Neotrygon.
The Ningaloo Maskray has highly protrusible eyes allowing it to bury deeper into the bottom while leaving the eyes exposed than other species in the genus Neotrygon.
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Dianne J. Bray, Neotrygon ningalooensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4795
Ningaloo Maskray, Neotrygon ningalooensis Last, White & Puckridge 2010
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Distribution |
Endemic to shallow coastal waters from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory. Inhabits inshore sandy bottoms close to reef areas in depths to 5 m. |
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Upper surface yellowish-brown, darker towards the disc margins, with many dark small well-defined orange spots centre of the disc, larger pale blue spots evenly distributed over the disc, an indistinct darker mask-like across the eye, and alternating black and white bands on the tail behind the spines. |
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Etymology |
The specific name ningalooensis is for the type locality, Ningaloo, the location of an important marine park rich in elasmobranch species. |
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Species Citation |
Neotrygon ningalooensis Last, White & Puckridge, 2010, Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology 16(2): 39, Figs. 1, 2A, 3-6, 7A. Type locality: Five Fingers Reef, Coral Bay, Western Australia, 23°10'S, 113°45'E, Australia, depth 3 m. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
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Ningaloo Maskray, Neotrygon ningalooensis Last, White & Puckridge 2010
References
Ferretti, F. & White, W.T. 2011. Neotrygon ningalooensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.
Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Puckridge, M. 2010. Neotrygon ningalooensis n. sp. (Myliobatoidei, Dasyatidae), a new maskray from Australia. Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology 16(2): 37–50.
