AETOBATUS NARINARI

Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen,1790)-Spotted eagle ray

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes

Subclass : Elasmobranchii

Order MYLIOBATIFORMES

Family : MYLIOBATIDAE

Genera : Aetobatus

Species : A. narinari

Aetobatus

  • Nasal curtain deeply notched;
  • rear tips of pelvic fins broadly rounded
  • teeth in a single row in upper and lower jaws at all postnatal stages
  • median tooth row of lower jaw with chevron-shaped teeth

Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)- Spotted eagle ray.

  • Snout short and tapering
  • White spots present over most of upper disc;
  • preoral distance much shorter than cranial width across interorbit;
  • anterior margin of disc diagonal to longitudinal body axis;
  • pectoral-fin base broad
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