DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

MYLIOBATIDAE (EAGLE RAYS)

Aetobatis narinari (Euphrasen)
(Spotted Eagle Ray; Fanihin Tasi)
Width:  190 cm (possibly to 229 cm);
Wt:  110 kg (possibly to 227kg)
(photo: 50 cm SL, Oahu, Hawaii, 15 M)

The Spotted Eagle Ray occurs in clear water habitats from shallow sand flats to outer reef slopes as deep as 80 m.  It is relatively uncommon at Guam but occasionally occurs in groups of several individuals.  It feeds on molluscs and crustaceans which it extracts from beneath the sand.  An average of four pups are born in each litter.

CIRCUMTROPICAL