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Eagle ray
Myliobatis noctula
Distribution: From the southern North Sea to South Africa. Also present in the Mediterranean, Red Sea. Habitat: The eagle rays are part of the larger lines that live in open water rather than funds. Description: With a wingspan of 80 cm to 1 m, it weighs about 15 kg. Entire ventral surface is white while the dorsal surface is usually brown covered with white spots. It has a tail shaped thin enough whip whose length can be twice the size of the body. Excellent swimmers, their slow movement allows the viewer a sense of grace and elegance. Food: They feed on shellfish they break with their extremely hard teeth. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Chondrichtyes | Sub class: | ¤¤ | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Rajiformes | Sub order: | ¤¤ | Family: | Myliobatidae | |
| Genus: | myliobatis | Species: | noctula | Descriptor: | Bonaparte, 1838. |  |