Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Baja California to Peru, including the Galápagos Islands.
Replaced by the closely related Aetobatus ocellatus in the Indo-Pacific and Aetobatus narinari in the Atlantic Ocean.
at Punta Vicente Roca (Galápagos Islands)
at Playa Ocotal (Costa Rica) © brian
at Playa Penca (Costa Rica) © brian
at Concha de Perla (Galápagos Islands) © jc_mara
at Concha de Perla (Galápagos Islands) © che-lo
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