Species: Pteromylaeus asperrimus, Barred eagle ray, Rough eagle ray, Roughskin bull ray

Pteromylaeus asperrimus (Gilbert in Jordan & Gilbert, 1898)

Rough eagle ray,     Barred eagle ray,     Roughskin bull ray

Disc rhomboidal, about twice as wide as long; pectorals pointed, convex at front and concave at rear, do not continue onto rostrum; head large, projecting well before disc, convex top, with conical snout; shallowly notched skin fold between nostrils and mouth, not joined to pectoral fin; spiracles about twice as large as eyes, partly visible from above; 7 series of teeth in flat, pavement-like plates; dorsal fin small, rounded, origin ~ twice the length of its base behind the bases of the pelvics; tail slender, about 3 times as long as disc, no tail fin, with 1 spine at base, after dorsal fin.

Upper surface reddish brown to grey, with 8-10 narrow transverse white bars that grade into spots at back of disc; white below.

Size: 79 cm disc width.

Habitat: benthic on coastal soft bottoms.

Depth: to 50 m.

Southern Baja to northern Peru.