Plain maskray

Plain maskray
Plain stingray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Neotrygon
Species: N. annotata
Binomial name
Neotrygon annotata
(Last, 1987)

The plain maskray, Neotrygon annotata, also known as the brown stingray (leading to easy confusion with the Pacific Dasyatis latus), is a species of fish in the Dasyatidae family. It is endemic to northern Australia. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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