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title: "Banjo Ray"
description: "Trygonorrhina fasciata — Fish. The eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata), also called the banjo shark, fiddler ray, fiddler, green skate, magpie fiddler ray, parrit, southern fiddler ray or southern fiddler, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/banjo-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Banjo Ray

> Trygonorrhina fasciata — Fish. The eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata), also called the banjo shark, fiddler ray, fiddler, green skate, magpie fiddler ray, parrit, southern fiddler ray or southern fiddler, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

- Scientific name: *Trygonorrhina fasciata*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1482
- Wikidata: [Q3768426](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3768426)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114627](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114627)

## Names

- en: Banjo Ray
- de: Gestreifter Geigenrochen
- es: Raya violinista oriental

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1421)

## Summary

The eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata), also called the banjo shark, fiddler ray, fiddler, green skate, magpie fiddler ray, parrit, southern fiddler ray or southern fiddler, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is endemic to eastern Australia.  Its natural habitat is open seas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_fiddler_ray

## Photo

![Banjo Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banjo-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: marsyd · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212118803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banjo-ray?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).