Pale triangular head, slightly longer than wide, with dark blotches distributed irregularly over a greyish brown body. This ray is common off the mouths of estuaries, where it sits motionless for much of the day. It feeds actively at night on crustaceans and molluscs that live on or under sand. 

• Max Size: 72 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 15.3-25.1°C
• Depth: 1-60m
• Habitat: Seagrass, Soft sediment

• Threats: By-catch, Exploitation
• IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
• Occurrence: Infrequent (5% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.