Eagle Ray Research Paper

Marine life is very unique there are many creatures that live below the sea.The Aetobatus narinari or its common used name the Spotted Eagle ray is in the kingdom of Animalia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_ray). It is a multicellular organism that is motile, which means they can move independently the eagle ray is an animal (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal). The eagle ray’s phylum is Chordate because it had a nerve cord during development and it has a spine.(http://marinelife.about.com/). The class is Chondrichthyes because it is a cartilaginous fish which is related to sharks, skates and of course other rays as they all are cartilaginous fish as well (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrichthyes). The eagle rays order is Myliobatiformes it is a ray (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myliobatiformes). The eagle rays family or scientific name is Myliobatidae (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_ray).
Reproduction of the spotted eagle ray are ovoviviparous and like other stingrays they like to travel in schools (Cathleen Bester, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/) Ovoviviparity is the way stingrays reproduce they can give birth up to 6 young at a time (en.wikipedia.org) and ike instead of humans where the baby is inside of the mother for 9 months or like other animals that lay
The spotted eagle rays forms in large schools and swim close to the surface. This species is capable and known for leaping completely out of the water and soaring like an eagle when pursued. when it swims it glides through the water with it's the pectoral fins (Cathleen Bester, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/). Spotted eagle rays are found mainly in tropical waters, also in shallow inshore waters, around reefs or even in estuaries. They appear in North Carolina in the summer and Florida. There are large concentrations near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef where Eagle rays can be found