 The plain maskray generally hunts at the surface of the bottom substrate , rather than digging for prey . Its diet consists predominantly of caridean shrimp and polychaete worms . Small bony fishes are also eaten , along with the occasional penaeid prawn or amphipod . Larger rays consume a greater variety of prey and relatively more polychaete worms when compared to smaller rays . This species is parasitized by the tapeworm Acanthobothrium jonesi . 
 The plain maskray generally <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>hunts</mark></a> at the surface of the bottom substrate , rather than digging for prey . Its diet <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>consists</mark></a> predominantly of caridean shrimp and polychaete worms . Small bony fishes are also eaten , along with the occasional penaeid prawn or amphipod . Larger rays consume a greater variety of prey and relatively more polychaete worms when compared to smaller rays . This species is parasitized by the tapeworm Acanthobothrium jonesi . 
The plain maskray generally hunt at the surface of da bottom substrate , rather den digging for prey . Its diet consist predominantly of caridean shrimp and polychaete worms . Small bony fishes are also eaten , along w/ tdaoccasional penaeid prawn or amphipod . Larger rays consume a greater variety of prey and relatively more polychaete worms when compared to smaller rays . This species is parasitized by the tapeworm Acanthobothrium jonesi .