A massive school of cownose rays, Rhinoptera bonasus, (
Rhinopteridae), in Lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
The cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus Mitchill, 1815 belongs to the
Rhinopteridae family.
Las variaciones mas comunes descritas en la literatura, se presentan en la forma, disposicion y cantidad de los dientes de Rajiformes (
Rhinopteridae, Rajidae) y Myliobatiformes (Gudger, 1933).
Cownose rays (Rhinopteridae) include at least 7 species (Compagno 2005) of coastal pelagic rays that often travel in large schools.
Distribution and abundance of cownose rays, Rhinoptera bonasus (Rhinopteridae), in lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.