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title: "White-spotted Eagle Ray"
description: "Aetobatus ocellatus — Peixes. The ocellated eagle ray or the whitespotted eagle ray, Aetobatus ocellatus, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-spotted-eagle-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-spotted Eagle Ray

> Aetobatus ocellatus — Peixes. The ocellated eagle ray or the whitespotted eagle ray,  Aetobatus ocellatus, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Aetobatus ocellatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3955
- Wikidata: [Q5033530](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5033530)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121738](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121738)

## Names

- en: White-spotted Eagle Ray
- de: Gefleckter Adlerrochen
- es: Raya águila ocelada
- fr: Raie aigle tachetée

## Countries with the most observations

AU (707), EC (638), US (433), MV (376), PF (215), NC (211), SC (127), EG (125), ID (102), IN (43), MY (43), MP (34)

## Summary

The ocellated eagle ray or the whitespotted 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.

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

## Photo

![White-spotted Eagle Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-spotted-eagle-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kathy Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335803913

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-spotted-eagle-ray?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).