Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, comprise the subclass Elasmobranchii. Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 families. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, and gill slits that are placed on their ventral surfaces. Learn more about Ray
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Alfred Manta (292 videos) | Manta alfredi | Not Available |
Atlantic Stingray (1 videos) | Dasyatis sabina | Not Available |
Bat Ray (77 videos) | Myliobatis californica | Not Available |
Big Skate (5 videos) | Raja binoculata | Not Available |
Black-spotted Whipray (1 videos) | Himantura astra | Not Available |
Blackbar Devil (3 videos) | Plectroglyphidodon dickii | Not Available |
Blonde Ray (36 videos) | Raja brachyura | Not Available |
Blue-spotted Ray (75 videos) | Taeniura lymma | Near threatened |
Blue-spotted Stingray (4 videos) | Neotrygon kuhlii | Data deficient |
Bluespotted Ray (52 videos) | Dasyatis kuhlii | Not Available |
Brown Stingray (7 videos) | Dasyatis lata | Not Available |
Brown-reticulate Stingray (2 videos) | Dasyatis leylandi | Not Available |
Bull Ray (6 videos) | Pteromylaeus bovinus | Not Available |
California Ray (7 videos) | Raja inornata | Not Available |
Chilean Devil Ray (36 videos) | Mobula tarapacana | Endangered |
Chinese Ray (6 videos) | Raja chinensis | Not Available |
Common Stingray (5 videos) | Dasyatis pastinaca | Data deficient |
Common Torpedo (63 videos) | Torpedo torpedo | Data deficient |
Cortez' Ray (5 videos) | Raja cortezensis | Not Available |
Cownose Ray (4 videos) | Rhinoptera bonasus | Vulnerable |
Cowtail Stingray (42 videos) | Pastinachus sephen | Near threatened |
Devil Ray (106 videos) | Mobula mobular | Endangered |
Diamond Stingray (2 videos) | Dasyatis dipterura | Not Available |
Eagle Ray (613 videos) | Aetomylaeus milvus | Endangered |
Eastern Blue Devil (1 videos) | Paraplesiops bleekeri | Not Available |
Eastern Shovelnose Ray (4 videos) | Aptychotrema rostrata | Least concern |
Electric Ray (46 videos) | Torpedo nobiliana | Not Available |
Giant Manta (1352 videos) | Manta birostris | Not Available |
Haller's Round Ray (6 videos) | Urolophus halleri | Not Available |
Jenkins Whipray (33 videos) | Himantura jenkinsii | Not Available |
Longhorned Mobula (1 videos) | Mobula eregoodootenkee | Not Available |
Mangrove Whipray (4 videos) | Himantura granulata | Not Available |
Manta Hamiltoni (72 videos) | Manta hamiltoni | Not Available |
Marbled Electric Ray (4 videos) | Torpedo marmorata | Data deficient |
Marbled Ray (128 videos) | Taeniura meyeni | Not Available |
Marbled Stingray (105 videos) | Dasyatis marmorata | Data deficient |
Mottled Eagle Ray (4 videos) | Aetomylaeus maculatus | Endangered |
Mud Skate (3 videos) | Bathyraja taranetzi | Least concern |
Munda Round Ray (2 videos) | Urotrygon munda | Near threatened |
Munk's Devil Ray (47 videos) | Mobula munkiana | Vulnerable |
Ocellated Eagle Ray (35 videos) | Aetobatus ocellatus | Vulnerable |
Ornate Eagle Ray (3 videos) | Aetomylaeus vespertilio | Endangered |
Pacific Electric Ray (14 videos) | Torpedo californica | Not Available |
Panther Electric Ray (15 videos) | Torpedo panthera | Data deficient |
Pink Whipray (15 videos) | Himantura fai | Not Available |
Porcupine Ray (7 videos) | Urogymnus asperrimus | Vulnerable |
Ray (4772 videos) | Raja rouxi | Not Available |
Round Ray (8 videos) | Rajella fyllae | Least concern |
Round Stingray (6 videos) | Taeniura grabata | Not Available |
Sand Devil (13 videos) | Squatina dumeril | Least concern |
Skate (459 videos) | Okamejei mengae | Not Available |
Smooth Stingray (2 videos) | Dasyatis brevicaudata | Not Available |
Smoothtail Mobula (13 videos) | Mobula thurstoni | Endangered |
Southern Eagle Ray (1 videos) | Myliobatis goodei | Vulnerable |
Southern Stingray (203 videos) | Dasyatis americana | Not Available |
Spotted Eagle Ray (388 videos) | Aetobatus narinari | Near threatened |
Spotted Ray (363 videos) | Raja montagui | Least concern |
Stingray (1010 videos) | Urotrygon serrula | Not Available |
Thornback Ray (8 videos) | Raja clavata | Near threatened |
Thorntail Stingray (2 videos) | Dasyatis thetidis | Not Available |
Torpedo Ray (42 videos) | Torpedo suessii | Critically endangered |
Variable Torpedo Ray (1 videos) | Torpedo sinuspersici | Data deficient |
Whip Stingray (1 videos) | Dasyatis akajei | Not Available |
Whiptail Stingray (8 videos) | Dasyatis brevis | Not Available |
Yellow Stingray (19 videos) | Urobatis jamaicensis | Least concern |