Painted maskray
Species of cartilaginous fish
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The painted maskray (Neotrygon leylandi) or brown-reticulate stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs.
| Painted maskray | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Neotrygon |
| Species: | N. leylandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotrygon leylandi (Last, 1987) | |
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