Rays
Marbled Ray
Taeniurops meyeni · Cartilaginous fish, family Dasyatidae
The marbled ray is the stingray built to seamount scale: a smoky, mottled disc nearly two meters across, so heavy it seems to settle into the reef rather than rest on it. At Cocos Island they are everywhere: layered on cleaning ledges, flapping ponderously between coral heads, shadowing the hammerhead schools like gray moons. The marbling that names it ranges from salt-and-pepper speckle to black storm-cloud blotches, no two alike. Divers who know only the skittish smaller dasyatids are startled by its composure; it will hold its patch of sand while an entire group files past, eye swiveling, tail undisturbed.
在哪里、什么时候能见到
"常驻"表示在该目的地潜水时大多数情况下都能遇见它们；"季节性"表示在所列月份内可靠出现；其他任何情况都是意外惊喜，而非计划中的保障。
| 目的地 | 可靠性 | 月份 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galápagos IslandsEcuador | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 | |
| Cocos IslandCosta Rica | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 | |
| MalpeloColombia | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 | |
| Socorro & the RevillagigedosMexico | Occasional | 全年皆宜 |
最佳月份一览
| 月份 | 可靠目的地 |
|---|---|
| January | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| February | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| March | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| April | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| May | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| June | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| July | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| August | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| September | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| October | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| November | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
| December | Galápagos Islands · Cocos Island · Malpelo · Socorro & the Revillagigedos |
深入了解
栖息地: Rocky and coral reefs, seamount plateaus, and adjacent sand; often at cleaning stations
分布范围: Tropical Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan and Australia, plus Eastern Pacific outposts, famously abundant at Cocos Island and the Galápagos
习性: A ponderous, dignified giant that drapes itself over rocks and sand like a thrown blanket, mottled black-and-gray above with a fringe of rippling disc edge. At Cocos they pile onto cleaning stations several deep and trail hunting hammerheads and jacks scavenging behind them.
食性: Bottom fish, crabs, and shrimp pinned beneath the disc
体型: 通常约 1.4 m; 记录深度可达 1.8 m (disc width; a genuinely massive stingray, thick-bodied and round).
与它相处时的行为守则
Do not settle on sand without scanning it first, keep off cleaning stations, and never swim low over a resting ray's back. Approach from the side where it can see you.
保育
Assessed Vulnerable; taken widely in inshore and trawl fisheries across the Indo-Pacific, with reserves in the Eastern Pacific protecting its most visible populations.
以此著称的已标注潜点
高亮显示的潜点由编辑团队为该物种标注；数字为1990年以来潜点约5公里范围内的GBIF出现记录数。
观看
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