Author: (Euphrasen, 1790)
FBname: Whitespotted eagle ray
Remark: Status of <i>Aetobatus latirostris</i> Duméril, 1861 requires further investigation. Species information (common names) should be linked to correct species (see Ref. 114963).
Comments: Commonly found in coastal habitats to at least 60 m depth (Ref. 114953). Swims close to the surface, occasionally leaping out of the water, or close to the bottom (Ref. 3175).  Frequently forming large schools during the non-breeding season (Ref. 7251).  Feeds on polychaetes, bivalves, gastropods, cepahlopods, shrimps and small fishes (Ref. 114953). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).  Bears young in litters of 2-4 (Ref. 26938, 114953).