Author: Iwatsuki, Miyamoto & Nakaya, 2011
FBname: Hyuga fanray
Comments: A benthic ray species that is narrow-ranging (Ref. 114953). According to local divers in Miyazaki, this species  often occurs on very shallow sandy bottoms, at depths as shallow as ca. 1 m, in the summer season off the Nichinan Coast, Miyazaki.  It is frequently captured by set net within a depth of ca. 50 m from early spring (March) to autumn (November).  It was observed by a local fisherman and a fish merchant (pers.comm.), that this species was not included in almost daily set net catches (depth ca. 8-50 m) from November to March in 2007-2008 in northern Miyazaki (Kadokawa Bay) and southern Miyazaki (Meitsu, Nichinan Coast) which indicate that the species avoids lower sea temperatures in the winter season (Ref. 86259). Males mature from ca. 20 cm TL (Ref. 114953).