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Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Scientific name: Aetobatus ocellatus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Chondrichthyes → Class Elasmobranchii → Subclass Neoselachii → Infraclass Batoidea → Order Myliobatiformes → Family Myliobatidae → Subfamily Myliobatinae → Genus Aetobatus

Common name: Ocellated Eagle Ray
...also Spotted Eagle Ray
Locations: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishRays

These feed by turning over rocks and flapping away sand to expose prey.

This has recently been reclassified as a distinct species from Aetobatus narinari, which is found in the Atlantic.

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Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Ray turning over rocks looking for food
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Ocellated Eagle Ray)
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