The Arafura Silt-Veil Ray (Veloraja arafurensis), a shell-sand ray whose screened spiracles stay clear while it lies buried.
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Antique cream-paper zoological plate of the Arafura Silt-Veil Ray, shown from above as a broad kite-shaped blue-grey and umber batoid with small dorsal eyes, raised screened spiracles, a field of sensory pores across the snout, and a long denticulate tail. Three fine leaders identify the spiracle, ampullary pore field, and tail keel; habitat notes, scale bar, and a field observation appear below.