From: john286@ix.netcom.com (john)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Marine Animals/Underwater Pics. - uw3.jpg (1/1)
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 16:15:10 GMT


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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. It was recently changed from Dasyatis kuhlii in 2008 after morphological and molecular analyses showed that it is part of a distinct genus, Neotrygon

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