Common eagle ray

3D Model

3D scan of the skeleton of a common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila).

The common eagle ray is a species of fish in the family Myliobatidae. It inhabits the eastern Atlantic Ocean (North Sea to South Africa), the Mediterranean Sea and the south-western Indian Ocean. It reaches up to 183 cm in total length and has a disc width up to 80 cm even if most specimens are, smaller, with females larger than males. It largely feeds on crustaceans and bivalve molluscs that it excavates from the seabed but also polychaete worms, gastropod molluscs, sea pens and small fish.

Specimen: Common eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)

Inventory number: P 182

Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa

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Scanned and edited by Marco Merella

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