Speckled Maskray, Neotrygon picta Last & White 2008
Other Names: Peppered Maskray
A Speckled Maskray, Neotrygon picta. Source: CSIRO National Fish Collection. License: CC BY Attribution
Summary:
A pale yellow to brownish maskray with a darker reticulated pattern overlain with numerous black spots, a dark mask-like marking across the eyes, and the tail with a pattern of saddles or bands behind the spines, a white tip and the ventral fin-fold almost black posteriorly.
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Dianne J. Bray, Neotrygon picta in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2660
Speckled Maskray, Neotrygon picta Last & White 2008
More Info
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Distribution |
Occurs in Australia from the Wessel Islands, NT to Hervey Bay, QLD. Also in New Guinea. |
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Etymology |
The specific name picta is from the Latin pictus meaning 'painted' or 'coloured', in reference to the colour pattern of peppery spots on a well-defined or weak reticulate background. |
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Species Citation |
Neotrygon picta Last & White, 2008, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 316. Type locality: east of Rockhampton, QLD [23°15'S, 151°15'E]. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Speckled Maskray, Neotrygon picta Last & White 2008
References
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Harris, A.N. & Poiner, I.R. 1991. Changes in species composition of demersal fish fauna of southeast Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, after 20 years of fishing. Marine Biology 111: 503–519.
Jacobsen, I.P. 2008. The Biology of Five Benthic Elasmobranch Species Caught as Bycatch in Northern and North-east Australia, Including a Taxonomic Review of Indo-West Pacific Gymnuridae. PhD Thesis, University of Queensland.
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. 2011. 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]
Kyne, P.M. 2008. Chondrichthyans and the Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery: Bycatch reduction, biology, conservation status and sustainability. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 361 pp.
Kyne, P.M., Johnson, J.W., Courtney, A.J. & Bennett, M.B. 2005. New biogeographical information on Queensland chondrichthyans. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 321–327.
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.
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.
Pierce, S.J., White, W.T., Jacobsen, I.P., Barratt, P.J., Last, P.R. & Kyne, P.M. 2011. Neotrygon picta. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.
