Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Myliobatidae > Myliobatis > Myliobatis californica

Myliobatis californica (Bat eagle ray; Bat ray)

Synonyms: Holorhinus californicus; Myliobatis californicus; Rhinoptera encenadae (heterotypic); Rhinoptera vespertilio (heterotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bat ray (Myliobatis californica) is an eagle ray found in muddy or sandy sloughs, estuaries and bays, kelp beds and rocky-bottomed shoreline in the eastern Pacific Ocean, between the Oregon coast and the Gulf of California. It is also found in the area around the Galápagos Islands. The largest specimens can grow to a wingspan of 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) and a mass of 91 kg (201 lb). They more typically range from 9.07–13.61 kg (20.0–30.0 lb). Bat rays are euryhaline, i.e. they are able to live in environments with a wide range of salinities.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  99.55 lbs (45.155 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  5 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Litter Size [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado Biosphere Reserve VI 2320468 Sonora, Mexico  
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States

Prey / Diet

Predators

Notorynchus cepedianus (Tiger shark)[2]
Octopus bimaculatus (california two-spot octopus)[4]
Stereolepis gigas (Black jewfish)[2]
Triakis semifasciata (Leopard shark)[2]

Consumers

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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Szoboszlai AI, Thayer JA, Wood SA, Sydeman WJ, Koehn LE (2015) Forage species in predator diets: synthesis of data from the California Current. Ecological Informatics 29(1): 45-56. Szoboszlai AI, Thayer JA, Wood SA, Sydeman WJ, Koehn LE (2015) Data from: Forage species in predator diets: synthesis of data from the California Current. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6Pollerspöck, 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;
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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