Image: Spotted Stingaree, Urolophus gigas
A Spotted Stingaree photographed in an aquarium at Seahorse World, Beauty Point, Tasmania, January 2011.
- Photographer:
- Mark McGrouther
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Spotted Stingaree
- Scientific name:
- Urolophus gigas
- Family:
- Urolophidae
- Order:
- Myliobatiformes
Additional information
The species occurs in southern Australian marine waters from eastern Victoria and northern Tasmania to south-western Western Australia. It is recorded in depths down to 50 m.
Reference:
Last, P.R. & J.D. Stevens. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Edition 2. CSIRO. Pp. 644, Pl. 1-91.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Spotted Stingaree, Urolophus gigas, Urolophidae, ray, black, dots/spots, blotches/mottled, marine, adult, dark,