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Ornate eagle ray
Aetomylaeus vespertilio
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ornate eagle ray
- Scientific
- Aetomylaeus vespertilio
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Rays
- Maximum size
- Disc width up to about 2.4 m
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 1 to 110 m
- IUCN status
- CR · Critically EndangeredCritically Endangered (CR), assessed 2023
Description
A large eagle ray, up to about 2.4 m across, with a striking pattern of dark lines and rings over the front of the disc and dark spots behind. It lives over muddy bays, banks and coral reefs from shallow water to about 110 m. It is listed as Critically Endangered.
In the Maldives
All rays are protected in the Maldives (since 2014).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Aetomylaeus-vespertilio.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Aetomylaeus_vespertilio01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.