Rhinopteridae

golden cownose ray

Rhinoptera steindachneri

Ray beneath Gulf of California

• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Large
• Tropical fish

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.