Western Indo-Pacific Spotted Eagle Ray
Aetobatus ocellatus
- Class
- Cartilaginous fish
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 2,513
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
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. In the past it was included in the spotted eagle ray (A. narinari), a species restricted to the Atlantic after the split.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Aetobatus ocellatus”.