Blue spotted stingray

Neotrygon kuhlii

Blue spots stay smaller than half an eye

Blue
Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Other
Large
Tropical fish

Blue spotted stingray is a marine fish associated with ocean habitats. The available account notes this characteristic: Blue spots stay smaller than half an eye.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Stingrays
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Neotrygon
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: other
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Solomon Islands, but probably more widespread in Oceania (limits of its distribution need to be defined). Forms a species complex with Neotrygon australiae (Australia, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia), N. caeruleopunctata (Indian Ocean), and N. orientale (North-West Pacific).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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