Eagle Ray by Sean Olson
Published on Dec 24, 2015
OF guest Sean Olsen captures this fantastic footage last Summer while diving East End Cayman.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eagle ray
Temporal range: 100.5–0 Ma
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Late Cretaceous to Recent[1]
Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Bonaparte, 1838
The eagle rays are a group of cartilaginous fishes in the family Myliobatidae, consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.
Eagle rays feed on mollusks and crustaceans, crushing their shells with their flattened teeth. Devil and manta rays filter plankton from the water. They are excellent swimmers and are able to breach the water up to several metres above the surface. Compared with other rays, they have long tails, and well-defined rhomboidal bodies. They are ovoviviparous, giving birth to up to six young at a time. They range from 0.48 to 9.1 m (1.6 to 29.9 ft) in length.[1]
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