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Mottled eagle ray
Aetomylaeus maculatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Mottled eagle ray
- Scientific
- Aetomylaeus maculatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Rays
- Maximum size
- Disc width up to about 2 m
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 18 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2020
Description
An eagle ray with a pointed head, a mottled upper surface and an exceptionally long, thin tail without a spine. It lives over sandy channels and in mangrove creeks and feeds on crustaceans and molluscs. It is listed as Endangered.
In the Maldives
All rays are protected in the Maldives (since 2014).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Aetomylaeus-maculatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Aetomylaeus_maculatus_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.