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Photo index of fishes on Singapore shores
Flattened fishes: sting rays



Mangrove whipray
Himantura walga

Blue-spotted
stingray

Neotrygon kuhlii

Honeycomb whipray
Himantura uarnak
 

White-spotted eagle ray
Aetobatus mula
15-20cm, grows to 25cm. Body oval with a pointed snout, brown without any markings. Tail whip-like without markings. Near mangroves and in sandy lagoons. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. 15-20cm, grows to 40cm. Body kite-shaped, rounded snout, brown with small blue or black spots which are sometimes not obvious. Tail whip-like with pale tip and black-and-white bands. Sandy areas. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. Adult very large, 1.5m diameter, 6m long with tail, body quadrangular densely covered with large dark spots. Tail very long and slender. Sometimes seen at Chek Jawa.   60cm-3m wide, with tail 3-8m long with the tail. Triangular 'wings', upperside dark with spots (no bands). A bulging head with a triangular snout. Seen once at Tanah Merah.

Numbfish
Family Narcinidae
     
15-20cm, grows to 30cm. Body oval, rounded snout, brown with many bright blue spots, Tail whip-like with 2 blue stripes and broad skin flap underneath. Near reefs. Commonly seen on our Southern shores. 10cm, body round, beige with maroon spots. Tail fat with tail and dorsal fins. Can produce mild electric shocks. Seen once. Sandy areas on our Northern shores. Seen once on Changi.      

This is NOT a stingray
       
This large animal with a hard shell is sometimes mistaken for a stingray because it is also disk-shaped and has a long tail..        



photo index of
fishes on this site
all fishes

typical fish-shape

  small < 5cm
medium 5-10cm
large > 10cm

globular
boxy, stone-like

flattened fishes
flattened downwards
  sting rays
others

disk-shaped
flattened sideways


long
  eel-, worm-like
stick-like

others

  mudskippers
odd shaped
living w others
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