Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Oman Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera jayakari), recorded as Endangered
Oman Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera jayakari). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Oman Cownose Ray

Rhinoptera jayakari

Oman Cownose Ray is an eagle ray in the family Myliobatidae (order Myliobatiformes) — Rhinoptera jayakari, recorded as Endangered and tied to Netherlands, India, and Belgium.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Rhinoptera jayakari
Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii · Myliobatiformes · Myliobatidae · Rhinoptera

Appearance

The snout is massive, flat, the anterior edge is almost straight with a notch in the middle. The thin tail is longer than the disc.

Range and habitat

Oman Cownose Ray is recorded from Netherlands, India, Belgium, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, and Bangladesh.

GBIF currently lists 148 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

Rays feed on the bottom or in open water depending on the family. Nets and shallow-water fisheries are the usual human contact.

Sharks and rays grow slowly and have few young. A fishery that treats them as bycatch can empty a coastal form.

In crisis

Oman Cownose Ray is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Russian Wikipedia article on Rhinoptera jayakari, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q5014077 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Oman Cownose Ray?
Oman Cownose Ray is an eagle ray in the family Myliobatidae (order Myliobatiformes) — Rhinoptera jayakari.
What is the conservation status of Oman Cownose Ray?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Rhinoptera jayakari. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Oman Cownose Ray live?
Oman Cownose Ray is a cartilaginous fish of the genus bullfish of the eagle ray family of the caudate order of the superorder of rays.
Why is Oman Cownose Ray in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Rhinoptera jayakari?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Oman Cownose Ray a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.