Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Ocellated Eagle Ray
Aetobatus ocellatus
Ocellated Eagle Ray
Also known as: White-Spotted Eagle Ray
Category: Eagle Rays
Scientific Name: Aetobatus ocellatus
Size: Up to 11 ft (3.5 m)  
Depth: 3-250 ft. (1-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Pacific
In the past it was included in the spotted eagle ray (A. narinari), a species now restricted to the Atlantic Ocean
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Batoidea (Infraclass) Rays
    └Myliobatiformes (Order) Stingrays
     └Aetobatidae (Family) Eagle Rays
      └Aetobatus (Genus)
       └A. ocellatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278243🔗
iNaturalist ID: 121738🔗

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