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Sharks & rays

White-spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

Also known as: Bishop Ray, Bonnet Ray, Bonnet Skate, Duckbill Eagle Ray, Duckbill Ray, Eagle Ray, Lady Ray, Lady-spotted Eagle Ray, Leopard Ray, Mottled Eagle Ray, Rayfish, Skate, Spotted Bonnet Ray, Spotted Duckbill Ray, Spotted Duck-billed Ray, Spotted Eagle Ray, Spotted Stingray, Spotted Whipray, Sunfish, Whip, Whipray, White-spot Eagle Ray

ENEndangeredIUCN Red List, 2021
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Overview

Found singly, pairs, or in fevers, swimming close to the surface, sometimes leaping out of the water, in shallow inshore areas, over sheltered bays, estuaries, and coral reefs, may also cross oceanic basins.

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 · Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic
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Found singly, pairs, or in fevers, swimming close to the surface, sometimes leaping out of the water, in shallow inshore areas, over sheltered bays, estuaries, and coral reefs, may also cross oceanic basins.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classElasmobranchii
    4. orderMyliobatiformes
    5. familyAetobatidae
    6. genusAetobatus
    7. speciesAetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)

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