It is a species of ray found in the Indo-West Pacific (Red Sea to Gulf of Oman, with unconfirmed records in the area east of Oman).

[3] Recorded twice, in 1997 and 2004, in the levantine waters, the question of its permanent settlement in the Mediterranean Sea remains open.

[4] Its name is derived from the Arabic word حلاوي (halawi).

[5] They are usually large with a short, wide snout with a rounded tip.

It feeds on small molluscs and bony fishes.