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Rhinopteridae
cownose ray
Rhinoptera bonasus
Ray in Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Other
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Other
Largecownose ray is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 120 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Rhinopteridae
- Genus
- Rhinoptera
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: from New England (USA) to northern Argentina (Ref. 114953 ); including northern Florida (USA), throughout the Gulf of Mexico, migrating to Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil and Uruguay (Ref. 7251 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
