Bullnose ray

Bullnose ray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Myliobatis
Species: M. freminvillii
Binomial name
Myliobatis freminvillii
Lesueur, 1824

The bullnose ray (Myliobatis freminvillii) is an eagle ray, which is widely distributed in the western Atlantic. It is found at depth above 10 m (33 ft) in coastal waters from Cape Cod down to Argentina, but is absent from parts of the western central Atlantic. It reaches a maximum size of 106 cm (42 in) in disc width and gives birth to six young per litter. It is often confused with the southern eagle ray (M. goodei).[1]

Jaws

References

  1. 1 2 Stehmann, M. "Myliobatis freminvillii (Bullnose Ray)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009.


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