Ornate eagle ray: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ornate eagle ray lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aetomylaeus vespertilio
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Myliobatidae

Where does the ornate eagle ray live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ornate eagle ray in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: New Guinea.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ornate eagle ray endangered?

The ornate eagle ray’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ornate eagle ray?

The ornate eagle ray (Aetomylaeus vespertilio) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Myliobatiformes and the family Myliobatidae, genus Aetomylaeus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ornate eagle ray

The ornate eagle ray or reticulate eagle ray (Aetomylaeus vespertilio) is a species of large stingray of the family Myliobatidae. Like other rays, the ornate eagle ray is ovoviviparous. Aetomylaeus vespertilio is estimated to have a low fecundity similar to other myliobatids. It has a generation length of 15 years, and can grow as old as 24 years. It is a predatory cartilaginous fish, preying mostly on small invertebrates, polychaete worms, and some echinoderms. It has earned the nickname "unicorn of the sea" due to how rarely it is spotted in the wild.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ornate eagle ray (revision 1346069163), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q4550289 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).