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The rays may exhibit a behavior similar to human curiosity which allows the snorkeler to observe the eagle ray who may slow down so as to share more time with the much slower human observer if the human observer appears to be unthreatening or interesting to the spotted eagle ray.
The ocellated eagle ray or the whitespotted eagle ray, Aetobatus ocellatus, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. [2] [3] In the past it was included in the spotted eagle ray (A. narinari), a species restricted to the Atlantic after the split. [4] [5] [6]
Pacific white-spotted eagle ray [5] Aetobatus laticeps (T. N. Gill, 1865) Baja California to northern Peru, including the Galápagos Spotted eagle ray: Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasén, 1790) Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico); worldwide if A. ocellatus and A. laticeps are considered subspecies Naru eagle ray [6]
Aetobatus laticeps, the Pacific white-spotted eagle ray, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. It is found in the tropical East Pacific Ocean, ranging from Baja California to northern Peru , including the Galápagos . [ 2 ]
Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari Batomorphi is a clade of cartilaginous fishes , commonly known as rays , this taxon is also known as the superorder Batoidea , but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies it as the division Batomorphi. [ 2 ]
A Steller’s sea eagle was spotted in Terra Nova National Park in Canada, thousands of miles from its home in Far East Asia. See it: Rare eagle among largest birds of prey in the world spotted ...
Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (common eagle ray) Myliobatis californica T. N. Gill, 1865 (bat eagle ray) Myliobatis chilensis Philippi {Krumweide}, 1893 (Chilean eagle ray) Myliobatis freminvillei Lesueur, 1824 (bullnose eagle ray) Myliobatis goodei Garman, 1885 (southern eagle ray) Myliobatis hamlyni J. D. Ogilby, 1911 (purple eagle ray) [4]
After doing some math, using the average size of a bald eagle as a point of reference, he estimates the nest “is about 15 feet across.” If accurate, that would make the bald eagle nest one of ...