Summer aggregation of common eagle ray in the Marine Protected Area of the Egadi Islands

Summer aggregation of common eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatidae), in the Marine Protected Area of the Egadi Islands (southwestern Tyrrhenian Sea)

Grancagnolo, Desiree & Arculeo, Marco

ABSTRACT:

We report for the first time in Italian waters a periodic and frequent presence of a summer aggregation of common eagle ray Myliobatis aquila in the island of Marettimo (southwestern Tyrrhenian Sea), which is part of the Marine Protected Area of the Egadi Islands. These aggregation could be related to different phenomena such as reproduction, feeding or simply as a transit zone.

Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 36. DOI: 10.21426/B636051230

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