Javanese cownose ray  (Rhinoptera javanica)

Range

Ranging across the Indo-West Pacific, from Durban, South Africa, north possibly to India, Thailand, Indonesia, and southern China. Also in Okinawa, Ryukyu Island and possibly Australia (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

A benthic species found over sand and mud bottoms of inshore coastal waters, in bays, estuaries and near coral reefs (2) (3).

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