#2020 · 🦈 sharks & rays
Common Eagle Ray
🇳🇱 Adelaarsrog ·Myliobatis aquila
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Le Gallais · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Michael Bommerer · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Michael Bommerer · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Michael Bommerer · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The common eagle ray ( Myliobatis aquila ) 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.
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.
- 862 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Common Eagle Ray
- Nederlands
- Adelaarsrog
- scientific name
- Myliobatis aquila
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Myliobatiformes
- family
- Myliobatidae
- IUCN Red List
- CR · critically endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 324
- sightings worldwide
- 862
- GBIF records in NL
- 2
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: ernstig bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Myliobatidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49311, Wikidata Q926676, GBIF 2419310, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.