Black-blotched Fantail Ray

Fun Facts

Diet

They feed on bottom-dwellers such as crabs, shrimps and bivalves.

Appearance

As these rays often glide along the seabed, they have openings near their eyes, in addition to their gills, for breathing.

Did you know?

Their mouth on their underside lets them hunt prey in the sand.

Diet

They feed on bottom-dwellers such as crabs, shrimps and bivalves.

Appearance

As these rays often glide along the seabed, they have openings near their eyes, in addition to their gills, for breathing.

This ray gets its name from the blotches on its broad circular body and a tail that looks like a fan movement when it swims.

Their broad body protects the smaller fish that swim with it and in turn these feed on parasites on the ray’s body.