Ocellated eagle ray
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The ocellated eagle ray has plate-like teeth in its mouth.
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The ocellated eagle ray has plate-like teeth in its mouth.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ocellated eagle ray
- Scientific name
- Aetobatus ocellatus
- Japanese name
- マダラトビエイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Aetobatidae
- Genus
- Aetobatus
A ray recognized by the spots on its body. It lives in Japan south of Wakayama and in temperate and tropical seas around the world.
It is ovoviviparous: its eggs hatch inside the mother's body, and the young are born from there.
How the Ocellated eagle ray lives
It lives around coral reefs and forages in lagoons. It also eats squid, fish and crustaceans. It cruises along reef edges alone or in small groups.
Ocean Park Hong KongSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteBasic data
- Diet
- Shellfish
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan south of Wakayama, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, and temperate and tropical regions worldwide
- Conservation status in Japan
- Data Deficient (DD)Assessed as Aetobatus narinariMinistry of the Environment of Japan, Marine Red List (2017)
Where the Ocellated eagle ray has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- マダラトビエイ
- 简体中文
- 睛斑鹞鲼
- 繁體中文
- 眼斑鷂鱝
- Español
- Raya águila moteada
- Français
- Raie aigle tachetée
- Deutsch
- Gefleckter Adlerrochen
- Português (Brasil)
- Raia-ocelada
- Italiano
- Aquila di mare ocellata
- العربية
- شفنين العقاب ذو العينات
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Pari burung tutul
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — マダラトビエイChecked: 2026-11-04
- Ocean Park Hong Kong — Spotted Eagle RayChecked: 2026-11-07
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute — Species: Aetobatus ocellatus, Ocellated Pacific eagle rayChecked: 2026-11-07
- Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Marine Red List (2017)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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