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title: "Golden Cownose Ray"
description: "Rhinoptera steindachneri — Pesci. The golden cownose ray or Pacific cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) is a species of ray."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/golden-cownose-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Golden Cownose Ray

> Rhinoptera steindachneri — Pesci. The golden cownose ray or Pacific cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) is a species of ray.

- Scientific name: *Rhinoptera steindachneri*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 603
- Wikidata: [Q863502](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863502)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56769](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56769)

## Names

- en: Golden Cownose Ray
- de: Goldrochen
- es: Raya tecolote

## Countries with the most observations

EC (329), MX (144), CR (18), PA (6), HN (3)

## Summary

The golden cownose ray or Pacific cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) is a species of ray. It is found in the East Pacific along the coast of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. They are often in schools, and sometimes associated with the spotted eagle ray.
Like all members of eagle rays, they demonstrate ovoviviparity. Ovulation and birth occurred in May, June and July, with a low fecundity, large size at maturity…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_cownose_ray

## Photo

![Golden Cownose Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-cownose-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kathy Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336057812

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/golden-cownose-ray?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).