Eagle rays in the shallows
By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 06 Jan 2012
This movie shows eagle rays (probably Southern Eagle Rays, Myliobatis australis) in very shallow water at Hopetoun, Western Australia.
A Southern Eagle Ray at Rottnest Island
Tommy Pedersen
© Tommy Pedersen
The footage was taken by Richard Rennie. Thank you to Leonie Rennie for telling me about the clip on YouTube. Leonie recently sent an image of a Western Smooth Boxfish taken at the same location.
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Eagle ray, Myliobatidae, Myliobatus, Southern Eagle Ray, Myliobatis australis,
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