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The eagle rays are a group of cartilaginous fishes in the family Myliobatidae, consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom. Eagle rays feed on mollusks , and crustaceans , crushing their shells with their flattened teeth.
The common eagle ray or bullray (Myliobatis aquila) is a species of fish in the family Myliobatidae. It inhabits the eastern Atlantic Ocean ( North Sea to South Africa ), the Mediterranean Sea and the south-western Indian Ocean .
The spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) is a cartilaginous fish of the eagle ray family, Aetobatidae. As traditionally recognized, it is found globally in tropical regions, including the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian Oceans .
Chilean eagle ray: coasts of Chile and Peru Myliobatis freminvillei Lesueur, 1824: bullnose eagle ray: from Cape Cod down to Argentina Myliobatis goodei Garman, 1885: southern eagle ray: Atlantic coast, from the tip of Florida down to Argentina Myliobatis hamlyni J. D. Ogilby, 1911: purple eagle ray [7] Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines ...
The Southern eagle ray (Myliobatis goodei), sometimes known as the Southern eagle fish or the rockfish, [2] is a ray species in the family Myliobatidae.It lives in waters just off of the Atlantic coast, from the tip of Florida down to Argentina, inhabiting estuaries or bays to give birth during spring and summer and migrating to the open sea in autumn and winter.
Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari. Batomorphi is a clade of cartilaginous fishes, ... and some fish, depending on the species. Manta rays feed on plankton. ...
The New Zealand eagle ray is a cartilaginous fish with a roughly circular disc-like body, a projecting frog-like head, large fleshy pectoral fins and a long tail armed with a spine that is capable of injecting venom. The pectoral fins beat up and down so that the fish appears to "fly" through the water.
The banded eagle ray (Aetomylaeus nichofii) is a species of fish in the family Myliobatidae. The species was first described by Bloch and Schneider in 1801. [1] As an elasmobranch, the banded eagle ray has a skeleton composed of cartilage. Like other eagle rays it has a depressiform, dorsoventrally flattened, shape to succeed in its benthic ...