Dasyatidae

Black-spotted whipray

Maculabatis toshi

Plain brown disc escaped an old misidentification

• Black
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Large

The brown whipray (Maculabatis toshi) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, common in inshore, muddy habitats along the northern coast of Australia. It has often been confused in literature for the honeycomb stingray (H. uarnak) and the black-spotted whipray (H. astra), which until recently was thought to be the same species. This species has an angular, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc and a long, very thin tail without fin folds.