Experts help Ray ID please

T1KARMANN

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well this kind of ray used to be very easy to find infact it was one of the first rays i had 25 years ago it was shipped as a retic and the others all had diffrent paturns

the tail will be long like a normal retic just slight different paturn
 

aquaman45

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These 3 rays in the pics are the same species to me, the larger one on its own I imported via Colombia under the name of Flower ray, I expected Schoederi but got this species instead. There are a few of these about now and the patterns do vary slightly but the base colour is very variable, I believe its a Castexi\Falkneri species but from what I know it doesn't grow nearly as big as other members within this group.

100% not retic!

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I would agree that it is in the castexi/faulneri group. Not a retic as those don't have banding on the tail and the keel on the sides of the tail is cream colored. You have a nice looking ray.
 

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I would agree that it is in the castexi/faulneri group. Not a retic as those don't have banding on the tail and the keel on the sides of the tail is cream colored. You have a nice looking ray.
I agree. Also looks like a row or two of spines and retics have little to no spines

Deff a castexi tail.


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T1KARMANN

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Like I said this was one of the first rays I had and it didn't get very big

Which with the look of the tail and not getting big didn't make me ? The retic label

I would just enjoy it as a retic if it gets massive then you know the retic label is wrong

But this isn't a rarity I see them come in all the time for as little as £28
With a lighter or darker base colour and the markings range from light brown to golden


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