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title: "Yellow-spotted Fanray"
description: "Platyrhina tangi — Poissons. The yellow-spotted fanray (Platyrhina tangi) is a species of electric ray in the family Platyrhinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/yellow-spotted-fanray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-spotted Fanray

> Platyrhina tangi — Poissons. The yellow-spotted fanray (Platyrhina tangi) is a species of electric ray in the family Platyrhinidae.

- Scientific name: *Platyrhina tangi*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 36
- Wikidata: [Q5028441](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5028441)
- iNaturalist taxon: [506729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/506729)

## Names

- en: Yellow-spotted Fanray
- de: Gelbflecken-Gitarrenrochen

## Countries with the most observations

CN (11), TW (11), JP (3)

## Summary

The yellow-spotted fanray (Platyrhina tangi) is a species of electric ray in the family Platyrhinidae. It lives in various countries in the northwestern Pacific Ocean and grows to a total length of about 45.52 centimetres (17.92 in) for males and 55.58 centimetres (21.88 in) for females.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-spotted Fanray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-spotted-fanray/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338659380

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-spotted-fanray?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).