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Myliobatidae
bullnose ray
Myliobatis freminvillei
Beak and wings uncover buried bivalves
The bullnose eagle ray or bullnose ray (Myliobatis freminvillei) is species of eagle ray, which is widely distributed in the western Atlantic. It is most frequently found at a depth of 1–10 metres (3–33 ft), but can be found at the surface and up to a depth of 122 metres (400 ft). The species resides in the coastal waters and estuaries of the Eastern portions of North and South America.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Myliobatidae
- Genus
- Myliobatis
- Maximum length
- 129 cm
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: continental waters from Cape Cod to southeastern Florida (?) in the USA; also southern Brazil to Argentina (Ref. 58839 ). Reported (but not known for certain) from Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Caribbean islands, and northern South America. Often confused with Myliobatis goodei (Ref. 3173 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable

