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Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) 
AphiaID: 217426

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Aetobatus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aetobatus de Blainville, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Aetobates narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (misspelling)
Aetobatis latirostris Duméril, 1861
Aetobatis narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (misspelling)
Myliobatis eeltenkee Rüppell, 1837
Myliobatis macroptera McClelland, 1841
Myliobatis punctatus Maclay & Macleay, 1886
Raia quinqueaculeata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Raja narinari Euphrasen, 1790
Stoasodon narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English spotted eagle ray  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To FishBase
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Notes  Description: Usually found in shallow inshore waters. Common around bays, estuaries, off beaches and coral reefs but may cross oceanic basins (Ref. 9862). Swims close to the surface, occasionally leaping out of the water, or close to the bottom (Ref. 3175). Frequently forms large schools during the nonbreeding season (Ref. 7251). Feeds mainly on bivalves but also eats shrimps, crabs, octopus and worms, whelks, and small fishes (Ref.9862). [details]

Distribution: N.C. (summer), Bermuda, se. Florida, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; nearly worldwide in tropical waters [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
Image 
Aetobatus narinari
Aetobatus narinari
added on 2008-08-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Edit
history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33 GMT  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-05-30 11:15:29 GMT  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08 GMT  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217426 on 2010-02-09
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