 In the Indian Ocean, it is found from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to the Red Sea (including the Seychelles), across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia (including the Maldives), to Shark Bay in Western Australia.Its Pacific range extends northward to Korea and southern Japan, eastward to New Guinea, and southward to New South Wales.Found between deep, this ray spends most of its time near the sea floor but can occasionally be seen swimming in midwater.