#2027 · 🦈 sharks & rays
White-spotted Eagle Ray
🇳🇱 Indische adelaarsrog ·Aetobatus ocellatus
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what is it?
The ocellated eagle ray ( Aetobatus ocellatus ) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. In the past it was included in the spotted eagle ray ( A. narinari ), a species restricted to the Atlantic after the split.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1823 (203 years ago).
- Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- White-spotted Eagle Ray
- Nederlands
- Indische adelaarsrog
- scientific name
- Aetobatus ocellatus
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Myliobatiformes
- family
- Aetobatidae
- IUCN Red List
- EN · endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,100
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1823 by Heinrich Kuhl
IUCN in Dutch: bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Aetobatidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 121738, Wikidata Q5033530, GBIF 2419246, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.