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title: "Östlicher Blauflecken-Maskenrochen"
description: "Neotrygon orientale — Fische. Neotrygon orientalis, the Oriental bluespotted maskray, is a type of whiptail stingray found mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/oriental-bluespotted-maskray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Östlicher Blauflecken-Maskenrochen

> Neotrygon orientale — Fische. Neotrygon orientalis, the Oriental bluespotted maskray, is a type of whiptail stingray found mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

- Scientific name: *Neotrygon orientale*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 534
- iNaturalist taxon: [786236](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/786236)

## Names

- en: Oriental Bluespotted Maskray
- de: Östlicher Blauflecken-Maskenrochen

## Countries with the most observations

ID (196), PH (171), MY (69), TW (40)

## Summary

Neotrygon orientalis, the Oriental bluespotted maskray, is a type of whiptail stingray found mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan. It has also caused the description of a new diphyllidean species, the Echinobothrium ivanovae species, has been described from N. orientalis.

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

## Photo

![Östlicher Blauflecken-Maskenrochen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-bluespotted-maskray/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/398576562

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-bluespotted-maskray?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).