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Pacific cownose ray

Pacific cownose rays are known to cruise the seafloor using a ‘fluttering’ motion. They detect buried prey by smell, touch and electroreception.
Once something tasty is located, they will use their rostrum to dig into the sand, making a depression 40cm deep, before using their modified pectoral fins to create suction – essentially hoovering food out of the ground!Photo © Pelayo Salinas

As a bottom feeder, pacific cownose rays sometimes finds unwanted silt and sand in their mouth, which they have to expel from their gills.
Photo © Pelayo Salinas

Pacific cownose rays are known to leap clean out of the water! Photo © Pelayo Salinas

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