White-spotted Eagle Ray
Aetobatus narinari

ID: 7998
Common Name: White-spotted Eagle Ray

Scientific Name: Aetobatus narinari
Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
Phylum: Chordata (Animalia - Animals with a hollow nerve cord)
Class: Chondrichthyes (Sharks and Rays)

Link: http://www.marine.csiro.au/caabsearch/caab_search.caab_report?spcode37039003

Photographer: Ian Banks
Date: 10/07/2010
Comments: Night Dive. South West Wall Gold Coast Seaway QLD Australia
Depth: 2m
Dive Site: South West Wall GC Seaway
Submitted: 13/07/2010 22:20:13
 

The bull ray is named for the shape of its head.  It is sometimes called a duckbill ray in South Africa, thanks to its long, flat, round snout. Bull rays are often 180 cm in length, but can sometimes measure up to 250 cm.  They can be as much as 180 cm in width, and weigh up to 100 kg. Females are larger than males. The tail spine averages 6cm in length in females and 3cm in males.  It is found between the surf zone and depths of 65 m or more, and also enters estuaries and lagoons. It frequents both the bottom and the surface and occassionally leaps from the water.

Eagle rays (the Myliobatidae family of fish) are a family of mostly large rays living in the open ocean rather than at the bottom of the sea. They are excellent swimmers and able to jump several metres above the surface. Eagle rays feed on snails, mussels and crustaceans, crushing their shells with their extremely hard teeth.

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Australian Cownose Ray View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 09/04/2007 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1901kb	0kb	1933kb
Australian Cownose Ray View species info Depth: 17m Date Taken: 23/05/2007 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	0kb	2029kb	0kb	1933kb
Australian Cownose Ray View species info Depth: 18m Date Taken: 07/08/2007 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	0kb	1957kb	0kb	1966kb
Australian Cownose Ray View species info Depth: 20m Date Taken: 10/07/2008 Dive Site: 9 Mile	Ian Banks	828kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Bull Ray (Blotched Fantail Ray) View species info Depth: 10m Date Taken: 22/05/2006 Dive Site: Narrow Neck Reef	Ian Banks	0kb	901kb	0kb	965kb
Bull Ray (Blotched Fantail Ray) View species info Depth: 29m Date Taken: 06/11/2004 Dive Site: Yongala	Ian Banks	0kb	839kb	0kb	896kb
Bull Ray (Blotched Fantail Ray) View species info Depth: 22m Date Taken: 01/11/2006 Dive Site: 9 Mile	Ian Banks	0kb	1836kb	0kb	1856kb
Bull Ray (Blotched Fantail Ray) - Video View species info Depth: 18m Date Taken: 27/12/2007 Dive Site: North East Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	1913kb	1997kb	0kb	0kb
Bull Ray (Blotched Fantail Ray) - Video View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 09/02/2009 Dive Site: North East Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	1207kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Bull Ray (Blotched Fantail Ray) - Video View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 09/02/2009 Dive Site: North East Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	1750kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Coffin Ray View species info Depth: 10m Date Taken: 13/08/2004 Dive Site: Narrow Neck Reef	Ian Banks	1302kb	1874kb	0kb	0kb
Cowtail Stingray View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 10/04/2007 Dive Site: North East Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1901kb	0kb	1906kb
Cowtail Stingray View species info Depth: 8m Date Taken: 03/06/2004 Dive Site: Narrow Neck Reef	Ian Banks	0kb	1973kb	0kb	1974kb
Elasmobranch City!! Reticulate Whiprays, Bull Sharks, Whitespotted Guitarfish and Australian Cownose Rays gathered in large numbers outside the Entrance to the Gold Coast Seaway QLD Australia Depth: 18m Date Taken: 09/04/2008 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1705kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Estuary Stingray View species info Depth: 18m Date Taken: 16/06/2007 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1062kb	1917kb	0kb	1918kb
Estuary Stingray View species info Depth: 15m Date Taken: 17/09/2006 Dive Site: Sand Pipe GC Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	644kb	0kb	671kb
Estuary Stingray View species info Depth: 13m Date Taken: 17/10/2006 Dive Site: Sand Pipe GC Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1048kb	0kb	1027kb
Japanese Devilray Depth: 6m Date Taken: 13/02/2006 Dive Site: Main Beach	Ian Banks	0kb	1381kb	0kb	1374kb
Japanese Devilray Depth: 12m Date Taken: 11/05/2008 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1229kb	0kb	0kb
Japanese Devilray View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 06/02/2009 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	0kb	825kb	0kb	0kb
Manta Ray View species info Depth: 12m Date Taken: 29/10/2000 Dive Site: Maldives Live-a-board	Ian Banks	1830kb	1957kb	0kb	0kb
More than 100 Australian Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera neglecta) gathered at the Entrance to the Gold Coast Seaway, an annual phenomenon at the Gold Coast Seaway QLD Australia Depth: 15m Date Taken: 10/04/2008 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1138kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Shark Ray View species info Depth: 30m Date Taken: 14/09/2007 Dive Site: Pure Pleasure	Ian Banks	0kb	1893kb	0kb	1916kb
Video - Pink Whipray (Himantura fai), Whitespotted Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus australiae) & Japanese Devilray (Mobula japonica) outside the Entrance to Gold Coast Seaway QLD Australia Depth: 19m Date Taken: 06/02/2009 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1317kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Video Clip - Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and Whitespotted Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus australiae) outside the Entrance to the Gold Coast Seaway QLD Australia Depth: 19m Date Taken: 19/06/2008 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1853kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Video clip of White-spotted Eagle Rays (Aetobatus narinari) gathered at Gotham City dive site. Moreton Bay QLD Australia Depth: 35m Date Taken: 02/08/2009 Dive Site: Gotham City	Ian Banks	1136kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Video of Grey Nurse Sharks and Bull Rays at 9 Mile Reef Gold Coast QLD Australia Depth: 20m Date Taken: 28/10/2007 Dive Site: 9 Mile	Ian Banks	1759kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 14m Date Taken: 17/06/2007 Dive Site: Wave Break Island	Ian Banks	0kb	1757kb	0kb	1795kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 16m Date Taken: 16/06/2007 Dive Site: North Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	937kb	1861kb	0kb	1965kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 8m Date Taken: 12/08/2004 Dive Site: South Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	111kb	556kb	123kb	587kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 22m Date Taken: 07/08/2004 Dive Site: 9 Mile	Ian Banks	0kb	618kb	0kb	646kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 15m Date Taken: 09/11/2006 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1515kb	0kb	1391kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 15m Date Taken: 12/11/2006 Dive Site: Sand Pipe GC Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1343kb	0kb	1285kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 15m Date Taken: 12/11/2006 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1503kb	0kb	1466kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 17m Date Taken: 19/11/2006 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway	Ian Banks	0kb	1813kb	0kb	1821kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray View species info Depth: 16m Date Taken: 14/02/2008 Dive Site: Eagle Ray Cleaning Station GC	Ian Banks	0kb	589kb	0kb	0kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray at the Eagle Ray Cleaning Station, Gold Coast Seaway QLD Australia Depth: 17m Date Taken: 26/06/2008 Dive Site: Eagle Ray Cleaning Station GC	Ian Banks	0kb	1613kb	0kb	0kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray - Video View species info Depth: 16m Date Taken: 13/03/2008 Dive Site: North East Wall GC Seaway	Ian Banks	1683kb	1997kb	0kb	0kb
White-spotted Eagle Ray - Video View species info Depth: 15m Date Taken: 14/05/2009 Dive Site: Aquarius Wreck	Ian Banks	1242kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Whitespotted Guitarfish View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 16/06/2007 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	0kb	1653kb	0kb	1697kb
Whitespotted Guitarfish - Video View species info Depth: 18m Date Taken: 09/02/2009 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1078kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Whitespotted Guitarfish - Video View species info Depth: 19m Date Taken: 06/02/2009 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	0kb	1153kb	0kb	0kb
Whitespotted Guitarfish - Video View species info Depth: 18m Date Taken: 28/12/2007 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	1868kb	0kb	0kb	0kb
Whitespotted Guitarfish gathered at the entrance to the Gold Coast Seaway View species info Depth: 18m Date Taken: 11/03/2008 Dive Site: Gold Coast Seaway Entrance	Ian Banks	883kb	2021kb	0kb	0kb