Distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea.
Replaced by the closely related Aetobatus narinari in the Atlantic Ocean and Aetobatus laticeps in Eastern Pacific.
at Filitheyo (Maldives) © philippe-seve
at Makadi Bay North (Egypt) © lesli
at Ras Um Sid / El Fanar Beach (Egypt) © jc_mara
at Vilamendhoo (Maldives) © lesli
at Matira Beach (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
at Tanote Bay (Thailand) © uppercut
at Siladen (Indonesia) © louis-thuia
at Ras Um Sid / El Fanar Beach (Egypt) © louis-thuia
at Lady Elliot Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef) © ajvessen
at InterContinental Bora Bora Thalasso Spa (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © mikalm
at Îlot Redika (New Caledonia) © fongi
at Coco Island (Seychelles) © anne
at Embudu (Maldives) © manceau
at Tahiti Ia Ora Beach Resort (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © aurelie
at Vilamendhoo (Maldives) © dominique
at Félicité Island (Seychelles)
at Velidhu (Maldives) © aurelie
at St Anne Marine Park (Seychelles) © tinoumer
at Anse Sévère (Seychelles)
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