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Aetobatus flagellum (Plain eagleray; Longheaded eagle ray; Eagle ray)

Synonyms: Aetobates flagellum; Raja flagellum
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Wikipedia Abstract

The longheaded eagle ray (Aetobatus flagellum) is a species of eagle ray in the family Myliobatidae. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and estuarine waters. It is an endangered species.
View Wikipedia Record: Aetobatus flagellum

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aetobatus flagellum

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  16.854 lbs (7.645 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  6 years
Litter Size [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  16 years
Migration [2]  Amphidromous

Prey / Diet

Atrina pectinata[3]
Ruditapes philippinarum (Japanese littleneck)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cryptonatica janthostoma (purplemouth moonsnail)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gnathia trimaculata[4]
Polypocephalus bombayensis[4]
Proleptus obtusus[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
3"Occurrence, Growth and Food of Longheaded Eagle Ray, Aetobatus flagellum, in Ariake Sound, Kyushu, Japan", Atsuko Yamaguchi, Itsuro Kawahara, Shirou Ito, Environmental Biology of Fishes October 2005, Volume 74, Issue 2, pp 229-238
4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0