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Spotted eagle ray
Aetobatus narinari
Flies rather than swims, in formation, along the edge of the drop.
- How often
- Occasional
- Group
- Sharks and rays
White spots on a dark back, a long snout shaped for digging molluscs out of the sand, and a tail two to three times the length of the body. Eagle rays cruise in open water beside a reef wall, often in loose groups of three or four, and they beat their wings like a bird rather than rippling like a stingray.
The tail carries venomous barbs at the base, but the animal is shy and uses them only against something holding it down. Divers who keep their distance are simply ignored.
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