A large olive-green, yellow or dark brown to grey on top with pale blue or grey markings; white underneath eagle ray with a variable pattern of greyish-blue spots and bars, and a long tail armed with a spine that is capable of injecting venom.

At a glance

Habitat Sandy flats and seagrass meadows, in estuaries and bays and near rocky reefs. It is usually in shallow water, but has been found as deep as 422 m
Size Grows to a maximum width of around 150 cm
Origin Native
Distribution Around New Zealand and southern Australia where it occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
Around New Zealand and southern Australia where it occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia
Habitat
Sandy flats and seagrass meadows, in estuaries and bays and near rocky reefs. It is usually in shallow water, but has been found as deep as 422 m
Size
Grows to a maximum width of around 150 cm
Common Name Southern Eagle Ray
Aliases New Zealand Eagle Ray, Bull Ray, Eagle Ray, Mill Ray,
Origin Native
Conservation Least Concern
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassChondrichthyes
SubclassElasmobranchii
OrderMyliobatiformes
FamilyMyliobatidae
GenusMyliobatis
SpeciesMyliobatis tenuicaudatus
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