 The reticulate whipray occurs widely in the Indo @-@ Pacific , with a range extending from off eastern South Africa to the Arabian Peninsula , westward along the coast of the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia , and reaching as far as Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands to the north , and New Guinea and northern Australia to the southeast . It has also colonized the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal . This species seems to be common only in Australian waters , where it occurs from Shark Bay to Brisbane . 
