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  • Spotted Eagle Rays (Aetobatus narinari) feed on clams, oysters, and gastropods that are buried beneath the sand.

    Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean 2008

  • There are also barracuda Sphyraena idiastes, eagle and manta rays Aetobatus narinari (EN) and Manta birostris, with great numbers of striped bonito Sarda orientalis, snappers Lutjanus sp. and travelly Caranx spp.

    Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia 2008

  • The three most common stingrays are the round stingray, Urolophus halleri, found along the Pacific coast from California to Panama; the blunt-nosed stingray, Dasyatis sayi, found along the eastern Atlantic coast of North, Central, and South America and the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari, found throughout the tropical waters from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 4

    Fish poisonings and envenomations 2010

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