Name: Common eagle ray, european eagle ray
Scientific Name: Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family: Myliobatidae
Group: Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Class: Fish
Size: 101-200 cm.
This ray's tail has got one or more poisonous thorns with saw edges, capable of inflicting very painful wounds. As in all cartilaginous fish, their fecundation is internal and, in this species, copulation lasts from 30 to 90 seconds, the female capable of repeating the act several times with different partners. To feed themselves, they stir the sandy bottom up with their pectoral fins searching for molluscs, worms, crustaceans and cephalopods. Their teeth form flat plates in both jaws, with which they crush crabs and molluscs.
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Oceanário Location
Global Ocean
