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WorldSpinetail mobula Large pelagic ray with tail spines and cephalic hornsRay · Coasts and shelves

WorldChilean devil ray A deep-diving oceanic ray with a boxy head.Ray · Open ocean

WorldSouthern stingray A large, flat whiptail ray of the Western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves

WorldAtlantic torpedo A large electric ray from the Atlantic and Mediterranean capable of delivering powerful shocks.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1835

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Spinetail mobula: OpenCage.info, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Chilean devil ray: Tiago Matias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Southern stingray: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEF, Public domain, source
Atlantic torpedo: NOAA's Fisheries Collection, Public domain, source

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