Common Eagle Ray
Myliobatis aquila
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Myliobatidae
- Genus
- Myliobatis
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 11 countries and 2 regions.
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 28 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 8 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 317 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 14 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 14 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 5 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 25 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 9 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1 records