Aetobatus narinari, Belize, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean
Description
Formerly considered a single circum-global species, Atlantic and Indo-Pacific populations have been split, with this name now used for the species found in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
Information
Max Size: 330 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.0-31.0°C
Depth: 1-80m
Habitat: Open ocean
Rarity
Threats: By-catch
IUCN Threat Status: Near Threatened
Occurrence: Rare (1% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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Aetobatus narinari, Belize, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
