Japanese Eagle Ray

About this species

The Japanese eagle ray, also known as the cowhead eagle ray or kite ray is a ray species in the family Myliobatidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 3 records
May: 0 records
June: 0 records
July: 2 records
August: 1 records
September: 4 records
October: 1 records
November: 1 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–38 m · Deepest record: 60 m

10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 7 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–28 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 21 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Austin 0201, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Austin 0201 · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) OpenCage.info, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Marufish, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Japanese Eagle Ray, Kite Ray

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Tobi-ei, Tobiei, トビエイ
Simplified Chinese: 土地公燕, 燕魟, 飛魴仔, 鳶鱝, 鷹魴

Other scientific names: Holorhinus tobijei, Mobula tobijei, Myliobatis tobije

Similar species

Australian Eagle Ray
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
Common eagle ray
Myliobatis aquila
Hamlyn's Bull-ray
Myliobatis hamlyni
Myliobatis australis
Bull ray
Aetomylaeus bovinus
Ornate eagle ray
Aetomylaeus vespertilio

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
55 open-data records from 1946 to 2021.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.