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Ray

Batoidea
Temporal range:
Devil fish, Mobula mobular
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Orders
Synonyms

Batoidimorpha

Myliobatoidea

This spotted eagle ray looks like a giant bird gracefully soaring through the ocean.
This spotted eagle ray is using its pectoral fins to fly through the water.

The rays, or batoids, are a group of cartilaginous fish containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families. They include four orders.

Rays are mostly flattened in shape, and usually demersal, living and eating at the bottom of the sea. The group first appears in the Triassic period, after 95% of marine species had been wiped out by the P/Tr extinction event.

  1. ↑ Stevens, J. & Last, P.R. (1998), Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Fishes, San Diego: Academic Press, p. 60, ISBN 0-12-547665-5

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