Cownose Stingray

Cownose Ray

Rhinoptera bonasus

Size: to 3 ft across

Habitat: Coastal

Notes:
Unlike the other fishes on this page, this is a free-swimming ray, often found near shore in large schools. They generally arrive en masse late in the season and are otherwise uncommon.

These rays fly through the upper waters on flapping pectoral fins, sometimes even leaping out of the water, although they feed on mollusks near the bottom. They are a favorite food of sharks.

Cownose Ray

Bullnose Rays are similar, but with protruding rounded snouts. Southern Spotted Eagle Rays are closely related. All retain the stinger of their bottom-dwelling cousins.


Car Float #52 reef
The Car Float barge is pushed up the Navesink River below Twin Lights. The tugboat is the Billy D, later sunk on the Shark River Reef.
Type:
artificial reef, barge
Specs:
( 270 x 39 ft )
Sponsor:
East Coast Tender Services
Sunk:
Wednesday February 10, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°07.135' -73°56.919'

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