drawing/water colour
Scientific name Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Country Japan
Locality Nagasaki
Notes Neotrygon kuhlii
Artist Kawahara Keiga (1786–)
Date artwork between 1823 and 1829
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANaturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.ART.255_-_Neotrygon_kuhlii_%28Muller_and_Henle%2C_1841%29_-_Kawahara_Keiga_-_1823_-_1829_-_Siebold_Collection_-_pencil_drawing_-_water_colour.jpg


Kuhl's maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii), also known as the blue-spotted stingray, blue-spotted maskray, or Kuhl's stingray, is a species of stingray of the family Dasyatidae. The body is rhomboidal and colored green with blue spots. Maximum disk width is estimated 46.5 cm. It is popular in aquaria, but usually not distinguished from the blue-spotted ribbontail ray. The stingray’s lifespan is estimated at 13 years for females and 10 years for males. The blue-spotted stingray preys on many fish and small mollusks. It is also generally found from Indonesia to Japan, and most of Australia

Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Neotrygon
Species: Neotrygon kuhlii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)
Synonyms: Dasyatis kuhlii