The blue-spotted maskray is a small ray with a flat disc-shaped body. On the upper side of its body, it has bright blue spots, and on its tail, there is a venomous spine for protection.
The blue-spotted maskray differs from other rays with bright blue spots on its body. It helps maintain balance in the marine ecosystem by eating small animals on the bottom.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
Tail size
birth time
bottom
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
worms
Sting count
coral and rocky reef
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
mollusks
Captures food by straining water or substrate through specialized structures.
adult
Maturity
fish of small size
crabs
Coconut
live marine and freshwater shrimps
invertebrates
About health
marine coastal
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
live fish
all seas and oceans
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
small fish
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Foraging occurs on the floor of aquatic or terrestrial habitats.
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Draws prey or water into the mouth by creating negative pressure.
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
Produces toxins capable of causing harm when delivered.
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
fish
end of acceleration
Share
live snails, mussels, oysters
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
from 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms, 0.5 – 1 meter
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
Indomalayan realm
{name} jubilee
Eyes size
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
mouth
turns
Rascals
Tail color
Litter size
live crabs, shrimps, lobsters
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Blue spots color
Bro
Taxons
carnivore
Disc color
if born as {name}
biotope of coral and rocky reefs
age
water is almost always warm, even in winter you can swim, very hot in summer
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
Sting color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
The basics
Venomous
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
Sting size
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
suction
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
aquatic
Warm sea
{name} birthday
live annelid worms
No results found
Eyes color
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
Disc size
sq mm
yr
Spiracles size
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Marine world
from birth to death
early young
Duration
filter feeding
saline marine habitat
This is me
Gamers
How are they built?
marine
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
swap
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Littoral Zone
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
whole life
Hermaphrodite ⚥
shrimp
embryo
Length
kg
Observations
◉{N} more on tap