Golden Cownose Ray
Rhinoptera steindachneri
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Sharks and rays
The golden cownose ray or Pacific cownose ray 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. They are often in schools, and sometimes associated with the spotted eagle ray.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Rhinopteridae
- Genus
- Rhinoptera