268 Spotted Eagle Ray 



Color: Upper surface of body gray, brown, or red-brown. 

 Lower surface pure white or tinged with color of upper 

 surface. 



Distribution: Found from Brazil to New York and as a 

 straggler north to Cape Cod. 

 Size: Reaches a width of about 3 feet. 

 General Information: Not common at least in the north- 

 ern part of its range. Feeds on crabs, lobsters, clams, and 

 other shellfish. Young are probably 10 inches wide at birth. 

 Economic Importance: None. 



Spotted Eagle Ray 

 Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen) 



Color: Upper surface of disc greenish brown or chestnut 

 brown; pectoral fins darker. Conspicuous white, green, or 

 yellow spots, rings, and streaks over whole surface. Lower 

 surface white. 



Distribution: World-wide in tropical and warm temperate 

 waters. In the western Atlantic, from Brazil to North 

 Carolina and as a stray to Chesapeake Bay. 

 Size: Maximum size recorded was IV2 feet wide. A speci- 

 men between 7 and IV2 feet wide has been estimated to 

 weigh 400-500 pounds. 



General Information: Common in some years along the 

 coast of North Carolina in summer. It is frequently seen 

 leaping out of the water. The main foods appear to be 

 clams and oysters. Newborn young range from 6 to 14 

 inches wide. 



