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Ocellated Eagle Ray

Aetobatus ocellatus

Also known as: Beaked Eagle Ray, Bonnet Skate, Duckbill Eagle Ray, Duckbill Ray, Eagle Ray, Flying Ray, Jumping Ray, Long-headed Eagle Ray, Pacific Eagle Ray, Sharpwing Eagle Ray, Skate, Spotted Duckbill Ray, Spotted Eagle Ray, Winter Skate, White-spotted Eagle Ray., White-spotted Eagle Ray

ENEndangeredIUCN Red List, 2024
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@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · February 20071 / 19
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Overview

Found singly, pairs, or in fevers, swimming close to the surface, sometimes leaping out of the water, in estuaries and coastal waters.

These beautiful rays can be found gracefully "flying" through the water, often in small schools.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
spotswhite spots
Behaviour
leaps from waterloose groupspairsschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific, Central Pacific
  • Country only · 19
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Found singly, pairs, or in fevers, swimming close to the surface, sometimes leaping out of the water, in estuaries and coastal waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classElasmobranchii
    4. orderMyliobatiformes
    5. familyAetobatidae
    6. genusAetobatus
    7. speciesAetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)

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