June 2009

GOLDEN COWNOSE RAY
RHINOPTERA STEINDACHNERI EVERMANN & JENKINS, 1892

FAMILY RHINOPTERIDAE (COWNOSE RAYS)
Identification: A diamond-shaped ray with a head distinctly protruding from the disc.  The anterior face of the cranium is concave with a bilobed subrostral fin.  Width of the disc is about 1.7-1.8 times its length.  The tail is extremely long and slender, about 1.2-1.6 times [...]