The Japanese Eagle Ray (Myliobatis tobijei) is a species of ray found only in Endless Ocean 2.
It is a medium-sized species of eagle ray with broad fins. When encountered in-game, it is only ever found traveling in groups.
In-Game[]
Marine Encyclopedia[]
Endless Ocean 2[]
"These rays have a characteristic almond shape and long tail. They swim using their large winglike fins as if flying and sometimes swim together in groups of about a dozen. They are often seen lying perfectly still on the seabed."
Location[]
Endless Ocean 2[]
Shoals of these rays can be found patrolling central Gatama Atoll at night, before migrating to Deep Hole during the day, where they circle around the Coliseum area.
Behavior[]
Both groups of rays swim around slowly and seemingly aimlessly, only banded together loosely. This creature likes being stroked and being in pictures; specimens do not respond very much to food, due to their constant movement and unwillingness to change their current course to go back and eat the food they are being offered.
Gallery[]
Notes[]
Real-Life Information[]
- Though it forms groups in-game, which is accurate to both the in-game description and an occasional actual habit, it is more often seen alone in real life[1].
- True to the in-game description, the Japanese eagle ray swims through the water by flapping its fins. In fact, all members of the family it belongs to, Myliobatidae, do this - which is how the entire family got the common name "eagle rays"[2].
- The Japanese eagle ray is largely demersal, which means that it lives close to the ocean floor[4]. They feed on benthic (bottom-dwelling) animals[5]; members of the eagle ray family have been observed digging up sand with their snouts in the process of hunting[6].
- Though this is not mentioned nor demonstrated in-game, the Japanese eagle ray is equipped with one or two stinging spines near the end of its tail, which are serrated[7][8].There are no reports of attacks on humans, but these spines still bear the potential to be dangerous if the ray is provoked or startled[5].
- Other common names for the Japanese eagle ray include the kite ray and cowhead eagle ray[1][9][10].
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Red Sea Bream
• Asian Sheepshead Wrasse
• Golden Trevally
• Giant Trevally
• Largehead Hairtail
Pilotfish
• Mahi-Mahi
• Antarctic Toothfish
• Longtooth Grouper
• White Grouper
• Humphead Wrasse
Giant Grouper
• Great Barracuda
• Meagre
• Bartail Flathead
• Atlantic Tarpon
• Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Chinook Salmon
• Striped Marlin
• Indo-Pacific Sailfish
• Olive Flounder
• Coelacanth
• Red Cornetfish
European Conger Eel
• Great White Shark
• Scalloped Hammerhead
• Sand Tiger
• Greenland Shark
Tiger Shark
• Whale Shark
• Basking Shark
• Pelagic Thresher Shark
• Great Sturgeon
Bowmouth Guitarfish
• Dwarf Sawfish
• Remora
• Whitetip Reef Shark
• Banded Houndshark
• Epaulette Shark
• Zebra Shark
• Tasselled Wobbegong
• Japanese Bullhead Shark
Blotchy Swell Shark
• Cloudy Catshark
• Japanese Angelshark
• Japanese Eagle Ray
• Manta Ray
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 EZYJack
- ↑ PBS Wildlife Journal Junior (Eagle Ray Family)
- ↑ Animal Diversity Web (Manta Ray Classification)
- ↑ IUCN Red List
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 FishBase
- ↑ Animal Diversity Web (Eagle Ray Family)
- ↑ "Redescription of the eagle rays Myliobatis hamlyni Ogilby, 1911 and M. tobijei Bleeker, 1854 (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from the East Indo-West Pacific"; William Toby White, Junro Kawauchi Shannon Corrigan, Elisabeth Rochel, and Gavin Naylor
- ↑ "Tail Spine Characteristics of Stingrays (Order Myliobatiformes) Frequenting the FAO Fishing Area 61 of the Northwest Pacific Ocean"; Frank J. Schwartz
- ↑ Animal Diversity Web
- ↑ Catalogue of Life