 The plain maskray inhabits the continental shelf of northern Australia from the Wellesley Islands in Queensland to the Bonaparte Archipelago in Western Australia , including the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Timor and Arafura Seas . There are unsubstantiated reports that its range extends to southern Papua New Guinea . It is the least common of the several maskray species native to the region . This species is a bottom @-@ dweller that prefers habitats with fine sediment . It has been recorded from between 12 and 62 m ( 39 and 203 ft ) deep , and tends to be found farther away from shore than other maskrays in its range . 
 The plain maskray <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>inhabits</mark></a> the continental shelf of northern Australia from the Wellesley Islands in Queensland to the Bonaparte Archipelago in Western Australia , including the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Timor and Arafura Seas . <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>There</mark></a> are unsubstantiated reports that its range <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>extends</mark></a> to southern Papua New Guinea . It <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>the least common of the several maskray species native to the region . This species <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>a bottom @-@ dweller <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>prefers</mark></a> habitats with fine sediment . It <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>has</mark></a> been recorded from between 12 and 62 m ( 39 and 203 ft ) deep , and <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>tends</mark></a> to be found farther away from shore than other maskrays in its range . 
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