Southern Eagle Ray, Myliobatus australis

Plate 63. The Blue-spotted Eagle-Ray, Myliobatis australis (now known as the Southern Eagle Ray, Myliobatus australis) found in Queenscliff

Southern Eagle Ray. Drawing - pencil, watercolour and ink on paper
PZ 63.1 - Myliobatis australis, Southern Eagle Ray. Drawing - pencil, watercolour and ink on paper. Artist: Arthur Bartholomew

The only specimen I have seen of this species I obtained many years ago at Queenscliff, and presented to the National Museum, no other example having since occurred.

This handsome Eagle-ray has not been figured before.

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