Fanrays
Platyrhina
Platyrhina is a genus of rays in the family Platyrhinidae, containing three species. They are native to the warm-temperate to tropical marine waters in the western Pacific Ocean. They are little-known bottom-dwellers that feed on small invertebrates such as crustaceans, molluscs, and worms. The fanray is found inshore to a depth of 60 m on rocky or rock sandy bottoms.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Yellow-spotted Fanray
speciesPlatyrhina tangi
Fanray
speciesPlatyrhina sinensis
Indian Fanray
speciesPlatyrhina psomadakisi
Hyuga Fanray
speciesPlatyrhina hyugaensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60578.