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Eagle rays live close to the coast in depths of 1 to 30 m (3 to 98 ft) and in exceptional cases, they are found as deep as 300 m (980 ft). The eagle ray is most commonly seen cruising along sandy beaches in very shallow waters, its two wings sometimes breaking the surface and giving the impression of two sharks traveling together.
A diversity of stingray fossils is known from the Eocene Monte Bolca formation from Italy, including the early stingaree Arechia, as well as Dasyomyliobatis, which is thought to represent a transitional form between stingrays and eagle rays, and the highly unusual Lessiniabatis, which had an extremely short and slender tail with no sting. [6] [7]
Watercolor of a spotted eagle ray from 1865 by Jacques Burkhardt. The dorsal spots make the spotted eagle ray an aquarium attraction, although because of its large size it is likely kept only at public aquariums. [8] There are no target fisheries for the spotted eagle ray, but it is often eaten after being caught unintentionally as bycatch. [8]
Early Eocene fossil stingray Heliobatis radians Giant devil ray, Mobula mobular. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classigies the rays as follows: [16] Order Torpediniformes. Family Platyrhinidae D. S. Jordan, 1923 (thornbacks or fanrays) Family Narkidae Fowler, 1934 (sleeper rays) Family Narcinidae, Gill, 1862 (electric rays) Family Hypnidae Gill ...
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.
The Bat Ray can be found in both tropical and temperate oceans from central Oregon in the USA to Mexico in the Gulf of California. [14] [15] The bat ray (Myliobatis californica) [3] [4] [5] is found in muddy or sandy sloughs, estuaries and bays, kelp beds and rocky-bottomed shoreline.
The ornate eagle ray or reticulate eagle ray (Aetomylaeus vespertilio) is a species of large stingray of the family Myliobatidae. Appearance ...
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 .