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Yellow-back Stingaree (Urolophus sufflavus). Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.
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Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus). Also known as Cross-back Stingaree. Victoria, Australia
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Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus). Also known as Cross-back Stingaree. Victoria, Australia
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Underside of Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus). Also known as Cross-back Stingaree. Victoria, Australia
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Spotted Stingaree (Urolophus gigas). Also known as Sinclairs Stingaree. Southern Australia
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Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus). Also known as Cross-back Stingaree. Victoria, Australia
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Spotted Stingaree (Urolophus gigas). Also known as Sinclairs Stingaree. Southern Australia
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Yellow-back Stingaree (Urolophus sufflavus). New South Wales, Australia
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Common Stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea). New South Wales, Australia
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Striped Stingaree (Trygonoptera ovalis). Southern Western Australia
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Spotted Stingaree (Urolophus gigas). Also known as Sinclairs Stingaree. Albany, Western Australia
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Striped Stingaree (Trygonoptera ovalis). Albany, Western Australia
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Masked Stingaree (Trygonoptera personata). Rottnest Island. Western Australia
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Stingaree - possibly a hybrid of Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus) and Yellowback Stingaree (Urolophus sufflavus). Found along the New South Wales coast, particularly around Jervis Bay, Australia.
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Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree (Trygonoptera imitata). Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.
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Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree (Trygonoptera imitata). Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.
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Masked Stingaree (Trygonoptera personata). Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.
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Blotched fantail Stingray (Teiniura meyeni). Also known as Black-blotched Stingray, Black-spotted Stingray and Giant reef Ray. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen) - buried in sand. Also known as Banana-tail Ray, Fantail Ray and Feathertail Stingray. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Smooth Stingray (Dasyatis brevicaudata) - over sea grass. Also known as Short-tail Stingray. Southern Australia
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Blotched Fantail Stingray (Teiniura meyeni). Also known as Black-blotched Stingray, Black-spotted Stingray and Giant Reef Ray. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver observing Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Banana-tail Ray, Fantail Ray and Feathertail Stingray. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Blue-spotted Maskray (Dasyatis kuhlii). Also known as Blue-spotted Stingaree and Blue-spotted Stingray. Queensland, Australia.
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Blue-spotted Fantail Stingray (Taeniura lymma). Found on sandy bottoms in the vicinity of coral reefs throughout the Indo-west Pacific Region. Also known as Blue-spotted Lagoon Ray, Blue-spotted Ribbontail Ray, Lagoon Ray, Lesser Fantail Ray and Reef Ray.
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Blue-spotted Maskray (Dasyatis kuhlii), also known as Blue-spotted Stingaree and Blue-spotted Stingray - sifting (feeding) through shell-grit sea bed, with a female Crimson-banded Wrasse (Notolabrus gymnogenis) hovering. Solitary Island, NSW, Australia.
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Close detail of a Stingray poison barb, protruding from the tail of the ray. Photo taken from a specimen captured off Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), resting in the shallows close to shore. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingrays (Pastinachus sephen), foraging in the shallows close to shore. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen) and Brown Whipray (Himantura sp.), foraging in the shallows close to shore. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), resting in the shallows as a storm approaches. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), resting in the shallows close to shore. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), resting in the shallows as a storm approaches. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Swimmer standing in the shallows next to a Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Swimmer standing in the shallows next to a Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), perfectly camouflaged whilst nestled in sand. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), perfectly camouflaged whilst nestled in sand. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), perfectly camouflaged whilst nestled in sand. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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