Southern Fiddler Ray

Trygonorrhina fasciata

Southern fiddler ray, Trygonorrhina fasciata is a guitarfish found along the eastern and southern coasts of Australia. It is brown with shades of yellow or olive above, with a pattern of pale lilac bands edged with dark brown and a distinctive triangular pattern behind its eyes.
Southern Fiddler Ray Southern Fiddler Ray,Trygonorrhina fasciata

Appearance

This species reaches a length of 126 cm.
Southern Fiddler Ray head shot Southern Fiddler Ray,Trygonorrhina fasciata

Naming

It has been split into an eastern (fasciata) and western (dumerilii) form which is darker yellowish brown colour than the eastern form, with blue-grey bands that do not form a triangle behind the eyes. However, the two are currently considered conspecific with T. dumerilii (Castenlau, 1873) considered a junior synonym of T. fasciata.

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Status: Unknown
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassChondrichthyes
OrderRajiformes
FamilyRhinobatidae
GenusTrygonorrhina
Species
Photographed in
Australia