Urolophidae

brown stingaree

Urolophus westraliensis

Skirt shaped skin between nostrils

• Brown
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Medium

The brown stingaree (Urolophus westraliensis) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Urolophidae, found at a depth of 60–220 m (200–720 ft) on the outer continental shelf off northern Western Australia. This species has a rhomboid pectoral fin disc colored light yellow or brown, sometimes with three faint, darker, transverse bars. Its nostrils have a skirt-shaped curtain of skin between them.