Urolophidae

Eastern shovelnose stingaree

Trygonoptera imitata

Fringed skin curtain between nostrils

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Oceania
• Large
• Temperate fish

The eastern shovelnose stingaree (Trygonoptera imitata) is a species of stingray in the family Urolophidae, endemic to coastal waters off southeastern Australia, excluding Tasmania. This species has a rounded pectoral fin disc wider than long, a fleshy snout forming an obtuse angle, and a relatively short tail terminating in a caudal fin. Its nostrils have prominent lobes on their outside rims and a skirt-shaped curtain of skin with a strongly fringed trailing margin between them.