Standard Common Name Porcupine Ray Alternative Name/s It has also been called the Roughskin Stingaree, Rough-skinned Ray, Solander’s Ray and Thorny Ray. Identification The Porcupine Ray has an oval-shaped disc that is covered with plate-like tenticles and sharp thorns. The tail lacks stinging spines and skin folds. The fish is brown to grey above and white below. The tail tip is dark. Size range It grows to at least 1 m in disc width. Distribution The species occurs in tropical inshore waters of Eastern Atlantic and the Indo-west and Central Pacific. In Australia it is known from off north-western Western Australia, around the tropical north of the country and south on the east coast to the central coast of Queensland. - See more at: australianmuseum.net.au/Porcupine-Ray-Urogymnus-asperrimus-Bloch-Schneider-1801#sthash.uBev6d0V.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:11:26 +0000
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