Blue Spotted Stingray - Neotrygon kuhlii

This Blue Spotted Stingray - Neotrygon kuhlii has venomous spines on its tail.
Although not aggressive but they will flick the spine on their tail to defend themselves if provoked.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Fantastic, Albert! Every underwater photo is already very valuable as most people do not dive, and combined with this more rare location you're really adding unique spottings. Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Ferdy.
  I realised most of the marine animals have been posted by Patomarazul but still its from a different locations :D Posted 8 years ago

The Kuhl's maskray

The bluespotted stingray , also known as bluespotted maskray or Kuhl's stingray, is a species of stingray of the Dasyatidae family. It was recently changed from ''Dasyatis kuhlii'' in 2008 after morphological and molecular analyses show that it is part of a distinct genus, Neotrygon. The body is rhomboidal and colored green with blue spots. Maximum disk width is estimated 46.5 centimeters . It is popular in aquaria but usually not distinguished from the bluespotted ribbontail ray. The ribbontail.. more

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Similar species: Stingrays And Eagle Rays

Species identified by Albert Kang