Black-Blotched Stingray
(Taeniura meyeni)

Other common names:
Blotched Fantail Ray.
Black Spotted Ray.

Identification:
A large stingray with a circular disc and no thorns.
Black and white mottled back, and a white belly.
Deep ventral skin fold that extends to the tail tip.

Temperature range:
10 - 25 Celsius (50 - 77 Fahrenheit).

Typical location:
Everywhere from shallow lagoons to outer reefs.

Fishing methods:
Bottom fishing with live or dead crab, squid, shrimp or fish.

Fighting characteristics:
A delicate strike followed by a series of runs along the bottom.
These runs are often separated by short periods of time,
where the ray will burry itself under the sand on the bottom.

Thai Fishing Guide's recommended hot spots for catching Black-Blotched Stingray: