iNat·67972GenusAnimalia3,027 field observationsThe Nature Library · Open stacks

Plate 1 of 5. (c) Susanne Spindler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Susanne Spindler · via iNaturalist

Maskrays

Neotrygon

Neotrygon is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae commonly known as the Maskrays, native to the Indo-West Pacific. They are so named because of a distinctive color pattern around their eyes, resembling a mask. The species in this genus were originally placed in the genus Dasyatis by most authors. However, recent morphological and molecular analyses have conclusively showed that they represent a distinct group and so the genus Neotrygon was resurrected for them.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species

Coral Sea Maskray

speciesNeotrygon trigonoides

Oriental Bluespotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon orientale

Bluespotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon caeruleopunctata

Indian Ocean Blue-spotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon indica

Australian Bluespotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon australiae

Malacca Bluespotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon malaccensis

Moluccan Bluespotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon moluccensis

Mahogany Maskray

speciesNeotrygon varidens

Ningaloo Maskray

speciesNeotrygon ningalooensis

Fijian Maskray

speciesNeotrygon romeoi

Bobward's Maskray

speciesNeotrygon bobwardi

Bluespotted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon kuhlii

Peppered Maskray

speciesNeotrygon picta

Painted Maskray

speciesNeotrygon leylandi

Ryukyu Maskray

speciesNeotrygon yakkoei

Solomon Maskray

speciesNeotrygon vali

Plain Maskray

speciesNeotrygon annotata

West Papuan Maskray

speciesNeotrygon westpapuensis

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →

§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Neotrygon in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67972.