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> Rays > Aetobatus ocellatus
Updated 4/5/2020
Family Myliobatidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Aetobatus ocellatus
Midway Lagoon, 8 feet |
Turtle Canyon, Waikiki, 30 feet
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Koko Craters, Oahu, 35 feet
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Oceanarium, Pacific Beach Hotel |
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Oceanarium, Pacific Beach Hotel |
Mokumanamana (Necker Island)
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Mokumanamana (Necker Island) |
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INDO-PACIFIC SPOTTED EAGLE RAY
hīhīmanu
Common in areas adjacent to wide expanses of sand or
rubble where they use a duck-like snout to root for buried
invertebrates. An attractive species with white spots on the
dorsal surface and a long tail with several venomous spines at the base.
Attains width of at least 6 feet. Red Sea to Polynesia, including
Hawaii. Aetobatus narinari
is the Atlantic species.
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